Molecular and functional characterization of the ceramide synthase from Trypanosoma cruzi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 62-74

  Figueiredo, Juliana M ^a,c   Rodrigues, Deivid C ^a   Silva, Rafael C M C ^a   Koeller, Carolina M ^a   Jiang, James C ^b   Jazwinski, S Michal ^b   Previato, José O ^a   Mendona Previato, Lucia ^a   Ürményi, Turán P ^a   Heise, Norton ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ceramide synthase; Chagas disease; Fumonisin B 1; Sphingolipid biosynthetic pathway; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A; CERAMIDE; FATTY ACID; FUMONISIN B1; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIMASTIGOTE; GENOME; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; YEAST;

ACYL COENZYME A; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAYS; FUMONISINS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPHINGOSINE; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

FUNGI; PROTOZOA; SPHINGOIDEA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84856715676     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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