GPI-anchored proteins and free GPI glycolipids of procyclic form Trypanosoma brucei are nonessential for growth, are required for colonization of the tsetse fly, and are not the only components of the surface coat

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5265-5274

  Güther, Maria Lucia Sampaio ^a   Lee, Sylvia ^b   Tetley, Laurence ^c   Acosta Serrano, Alvaro ^b   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOLPHOSPHOCERAMIDE; LACTOSE; MUTANT PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLLACTOSAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PROCYCLIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LABELING; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOCALYX; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TBGPI12 GENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TSETSE FLIES;

GLOSSINA (GENUS); TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33845440036     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E06-08-0702     Document Type: Article

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