How do nematodes transfer phosphorylcholine to carbohydrates?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 114-118

  Harnett, William ^a   Rzepecka, Justyna ^a   Houston, Katrina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLINE PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; FUKUTIN; GLYCAN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEVELOPMENT; FUKUYAMA CONGENITAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; NEMATODA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TRANSFERASES;

NEMATODA;

EID: 76749117489     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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