Evidence for multiple sterol methyl transferase pathways in Pneumocystis carinii

Lipids

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1177-1186

  Zhou, Wenxu ^a   Nguyen, Thi Thuy Minh ^a   Collins, Margaret S ^a   Cushion, Melanie T ^b,c   Nes, W David ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; FUNGI; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

STEROL COMPOSITION;

LIPIDS;

BRASSICASTEROL; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DESMOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; LANOSTEROL; LANOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; STIGMASTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSTEROL;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEROL ANALYSIS; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

FUNGI; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037413196     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-002-1018-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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