Identification of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor-modifying β1-3 N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase in Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 478-491

  Izquierdo, Luis ^a   Nakanishi, Masayuki ^b   Mehlert, Angela ^a   Machray, Greg ^a   Barton, Geoffrey J ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MATSUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 3 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYL TRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROCYCLIN; PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLYCOSYLATION; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 58149287887     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06542.x     Document Type: Article

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