Characterization of the inositol phosphorylceramide synthase activity from Trypanosoma cruzi

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 387, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 519-529

  Figueiredo, Juliana M ^a   Dias, Wagner B ^a   Mendonça Previato, Lucia ^a   Previato, José O ^a   Heise, Norton ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aureobasidin A; Chagas disease; Glycoinositolphospholipid (GIPL); Inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) synthase; Sphingolipid synthesis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; CELLS; FUNGI; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS; EPIMASTIGOTES; MACROPHAGES; PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ENZYMES;

6 [N (7 NITRO 2,1,3 BENZOXADIAZOL 4 YL)AMINO]HEXANOYLCERAMIDE; AUREOBASIDIN A; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; GALBONOLIDE A; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; INOSITOL PHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 14844305920     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041842     Document Type: Article

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