In silico analysis of the fucosylation-associated genome of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni: Cloning and characterization of the enzymes involved in GDP-L-fucose synthesis and Golgi import

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Peterson, Nathan A ^a   Anderson, Tavis K ^b   Wu, Xiao Jun ^c   Yoshino, Timothy P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fucose; Fucosylation; Fucosyltransferase; GDP L fucose synthesis; GDP L fucose transport; Miracidium; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosome; Sporocyst

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE 4 KETO 6 DEOXY DEXTRO MANNOSE 3,5 EPIMERASE 4 REDUCTASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE DEXTRO MANNOSE 4,6 DEHYDRATASE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE FUCOSE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLONING; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUCOSYLATION; GENE; GENOME; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPOROCYST; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE FUCOSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGASES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84880028688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-201     Document Type: Article

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