The de novo and salvage pathways of GDP-mannose biosynthesis are both sufficient for the growth of bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 340-351

  Kuettel, Sabine ^a   Wadum, Majken C T ^a   Güther, Maria Lucia S ^a   Mariño, Karina ^a,b   Riemer, Carolin ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; MANNOSE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSOME; GROWTH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOMANNOSE ISOMERASE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

BLOOD; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; HUMANS; MANNOSE-6-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; MICROBODIES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84859440745     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08026.x     Document Type: Article

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