Intracellular location of the early steps of the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway in the trypanosomatids Leishmania major and Trypanosoma brucei

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-314

  Carrero Lérida, Juana ^a   Pérez Moreno, Guiomar ^a   Castillo Acosta, Victor M ^a   Ruiz Pérez, Luis M ^a   González Pacanowska, Dolores ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 3 methyl glutaryl Coenzyme A synthase; Glycosome; Isoprenoids; Mevalonate kinase; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; DIGITONIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; ISOPRENOID; MATRIX PROTEIN; MEVALONATE KINASE; MEVALONIC ACID; PEROXIN; PEROXIN 2; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FLAGELLATE; ISOPRENOID; MITOCHONDRION; RECOMBINATION;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSOME; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN TARGETING; TITRIMETRY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DIGITONIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA SYNTHASE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROBODIES; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; TERPENES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 58549107780     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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