Fatty acid synthesis in African trypanosomes: A solution to the myristate mystery

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 381-387

  Paul, Kimberly S ^a   Jiang, David ^a   Morita, Yasu S ^a   Englund, Paul T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; ACYL COENZYME A; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; CERULENIN; DIHYDROSTERCULIC ACID; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; THIOLACTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

APICOMPLEXA; BLOOD FLOW; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FLAGELLATE; HOST; LIPID COMPOSITION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOLECULE; MYRISTYLATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MYRISTIC ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0035414280     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)01984-5     Document Type: Review

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