Metabolic labeling and structural analysis of glycosylphosphatidylinositols from parasitic protozoa

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 446, Issue , 2008, Pages 183-198

  Azzouz, Nahid ^a   Gerold, Peter ^b   Schwarz, Ralph T ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Chiron Behring GmbH & Co   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; GPI; GPI structural elucidation; GPIs labeling; Parasites

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PHOS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84934439878     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-84-7_13     Document Type: Article

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