Glycosphingolipids in Plasmodium falciparum: Presence of an active glucosylceramide synthase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2204-2214

  Couto, Alicia S ^a   Caffaro, Carolina ^a   Uhrig, M Laura ^a   Kimura, Emilia ^b   Peres, Valnice J ^b   Merino, Emilio F ^b   Katzin, Alejandro M ^b   Neshioka, Masae ^c   Nonami, Hiroshi ^c   Erra Balsells, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dihydroceramide; Glucosylceramide synthase; Glycosphingolipids; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CERAMIDE TETRAHEXOSIDE; CERAMIDE TRIHEXOSIDE; DIHYDROCERAMIDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; MONOHEXOSYLCERAMIDE; PALMITIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID METABOLISM; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MORPHOLINES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2942544260     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04150.x     Document Type: Article

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