Procyclin null mutants of Trypanosoma brucei express free glycosylphosphatidylinositols on their surface

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1308-1318

  Vassella, Erik ^a   Bütikofer, Peter ^b   Engstler, Markus ^c   Jelk, Jennifer ^b   Roditi, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Inst Biochem und Molekularbiologie   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; GENE DELETION; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

INSECTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0038709481     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-10-0694     Document Type: Article

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