Glycogen phosphorylase in Acanthamoeba spp.: Determining the role of the enzyme during the encystment process using RNA interference

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^a   Kliescikova, Jarmila ^b   Martinez Carretero, Enrique ^a   De Pablos, Luis Miguel ^c   Profotova, Bronislava ^b   Nohynkova, Eva ^b   Osuna, Antonio ^c   Valladares, Basilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 40949133284     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00316-07     Document Type: Article

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