Sterol composition of Pneumocystis jirovecii with blocked 14α-demethylase activity

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 634-643

  Giner, José Luis ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Amit, Zunika ^b,c   Kaneshiro, Edna S ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Human lung; Opportunistic infection; Pneumocysterol; S adenosylmethionine:sterol C 24 methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; DELTA 24 STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DELTA 24-STEROL METHYLTRANSFERASE; LANOSTEROL 14 ALPHA-DEMETHYLASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; STEROL; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE;

FUNGAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI;

CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; HUMANS; LUNG; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; STEROLS;

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 11144238348     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00597.x     Document Type: Article

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