Sphingolipids are essential for differentiation but not growth in Leishmania

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6016-6026

  Zhang, Kai ^a   Showalter, Melissa ^a   Revollo, Javier ^a   Hsu, Fong Fu ^a   Turk, John ^a   Beverley, Stephen M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gp63 major surface protease leishmanolysin; Lipophosphoglycan; Sphingoid base synthesis; Trpanosomatid parasite; Virulence

Indexed keywords

SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPID; TRITON X 100;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL VACUOLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERAMIDES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SERINE C-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EUKARYOTA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA; SPHINGIODEA;

EID: 0344011616     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg584     Document Type: Article

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