The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) biosynthetic pathway of bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei is dependent on the de novo synthesis of inositol

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-105

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 MYOINOSITOL 3 PHOSPHATE; 1 MYOINOSITOL 3 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOL; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE; GENE DELETION; INO1 GENE; ISOMERIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE DELETION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; INOSITOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYO-INOSITOL-1-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33745195679     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05216.x     Document Type: Article

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