Evidence from bioinformatics, expression and inhibition studies of phosphoinositide-3 kinase signalling in Giardia intestinalis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cox, Siân S E ^a   Van Der Giezen, Mark ^b   Tarr, Sarah J ^a   Crompton, Mark R ^a   Tovar, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MYCOTOXIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4 PHOSPHATE KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 5 PHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIPI3K1 GENE; GIPI3K2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMONES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33745608211     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-45     Document Type: Article

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