Choline induces transcriptional repression and proteasomal degradation of the malarial phosphoethanolamine methyltransferase

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1618-1624

  Witola, William Harold ^a   Mamoun, Choukri Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BORTEZOMIB; CHOLINE; CITICOLINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEASOME; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BORONIC ACIDS; CHOLINE; CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE CHOLINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRAZINES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34748897098     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00229-07     Document Type: Article

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