A sphingolipid inhibitor induces a cytokinesis arrest and blocks stage differentiation in Giardia lamblia

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 563-569

  Sonda, Sabrina ^a   Štefanić, Saša ^a   Hehl, Adrian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 PHENYL 2 PALMITOYLAMINO 3 MORPHOLINO 1 PROPANOL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; PROPANOL; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYTOKINESIS; DIARRHEA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; MAMMAL CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINESIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MORPHOLINES; SPHINGOLIPIDS; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 38649109147     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01105-07     Document Type: Article

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