Glycoinositolphospholipid from Trypanosoma cruzi: Structure, Biosynthesis and Immunobiology

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-41

  Previato, Jose O ^a   Wait, Robin ^b   Jones, Christopher ^c   DosReis, George A ^a   Todeschini, Adriane R ^a   Heise, Norton ^a   Mendonça Previato, Lucia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOFURANOSE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GALACTOSE; GLYCAN; GLYCOINOSITOLPHOSPHOLIPID; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOL DERIVATIVE; MANNOSE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0348014425     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-308X(03)56001-8     Document Type: Review

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