Novel role of sphingolipid synthesis genes in regulating giardial encystation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2939-2949

  Hernandez, Yunuen ^a,c   Shpak, Max ^a   Duarte, Trevor T ^a   Mendez, Tavis L ^a   Maldonado, Rosa A ^a   Roychowdhury, Sukla ^a   Rodrigues, Marcio L ^b   Das, Siddhartha ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 3 OCTADECANONE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTRO THREO 1 PHENYL 2 PALMITOYLAMINO 3 MORPHOLINO 1 PROPANOL; PROPANOL; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE 1; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE 2; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOLIPID; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CERAMIDES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHINGOLIPIDS; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 46449113644     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00116-08     Document Type: Article

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