Sterol metabolism in the opportunistic pathogen Pneumocystis: Advances and new insights

Lipids

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 753-761

  Kaneshiro, Edna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPOSITION; DISEASE CONTROL; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADVERSE SYMPTOMS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA (PCP); STEROL METHYL TRANSFERASE (SMT);

METABOLISM;

AMPHOTERICIN B; CARBON; ERGOSTEROL; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LANOSTEROL; METHENAMINE; METHYL GROUP; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MEVINOLIN; PHENYLCYCLOHEXAMINE DERIVATIVE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SIMVASTATIN; SINEFUNGIN; TERBINAFINE; TOLNAFTATE; TRIAZOLE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSTEROL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CATALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAMMAL; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; STEROL METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAMMALIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 10044271170     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-004-1292-5     Document Type: Article

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