Leishmania dihydroxyacetonephosphate acyltransferase LmDAT is important for ether lipid biosynthesis but not for the integrity of detergent resistant membranes

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Zufferey, Rachel ^a,b   Al Ani, Gada K ^b   Dunlap, Kara ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detergent resistant membranes; Ether glycerolipid; Leishmania; Lipophosphoglycan; Metacyclogenesis

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; ETHER LIPID; FICOLL; GLYCEROLIPID; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; TRITON X 114;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SURVIVAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; DETERGENTS; ETHER, ETHYL; GENE DELETION; LEISHMANIA; LIPIDS;

EID: 70349265919     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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