Trypanosoma cruzi oleate desaturase: Molecular characterization and comparative analysis in other trypanosomatids

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1064-1074

  Maldonado, Rosa A ^a   Kuniyoshi, Renata K ^a,b   Linss, Jutta G ^a,c   Almeida, Igor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Biologia do Exercito   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINOLEIC ACID; MICROBIAL ENZYME; OLEATE DESATURASE; OLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CHROMOSOME; FATTY ACID; LIPID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCRITHIDIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENDOTRYPANUM SCHAUDINNI; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPIMASTIGOTE; HERPETOMONAS MEGASELIAE; LEISHMANIA; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONORHINI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA FREITASI; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

BLASTOCRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; ENDOTRYPANUM SCHAUDINNI; HERPETOMONAS MEGASELIAE; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEPTOMONAS SEYMOURI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONORHINI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 33845233983     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-845R.1     Document Type: Article

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