Genetic profiling of the isoprenoid and sterol biosynthesis pathway genes of Trypanosoma cruzi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cosentino, Raúl O ^a   Agüero, Fernán ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ERGOSTEROL; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE DELTA ISOMERASE; ISOPRENOID; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; LATHOSTEROL OXIDASE; MEVALONATE KINASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOMEVALONATE KINASE; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; STEROID REDUCTASE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; STEROL DEHYDROGENASE; STEROL DESATURASE; STEROL METHYL OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ASI1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ERG25 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ERG26 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STEROL; TERPENE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ISOPRENOID SYNTHESIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEROL SYNTHESIS; TC14DM GENE; TC14SR GENE; TC24SMT GENE; TC8SI GENE; TCACAT GENE; TCFPPS GENE; TCHMGR GENE; TCHMGS GENE; TCIDI1 GENE; TCMK GENE; TCMVD GENE; TCNDSDHL; TCNSDHL GENE; TCOSC GENE; TCPMK GENE; TCSC22D GENE; TCSC24R GENE; TCSC5D GENE; TCSMO GENE; TCSQLE GENE; TCSQS GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; LEISHMANIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEROLS; TERPENES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84901317037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096762     Document Type: Article

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