Phosphatidylinositol synthesis is essential in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 396, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-295

  Martin, Kirstee L ^a   Smith, Terry K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloodstream form; Essentiality; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; myo inositol; Phosphatidylinositol synthase (PIS); Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRUG PRODUCTS; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BLOODSTREAM FORM; ESSENTIALITY; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MYO-INOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL SYNTHASE (PIS); TRYPANOSOMA;

PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE DIACYLGLYCEROL INOSITOL 3 PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROSPRAY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TBPIS GENE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CDP-DIACYLGLYCEROL-INOSITOL 3-PHOSPHATIDYLTRANSFERASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE DELETION; GOLGI APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33744783109     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051825     Document Type: Article

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