Characterization of a ricin-resistant mutant of Leishmania donovani that expresses lipophosphoglycan

Glycobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 428-437

  Phillips, Megan R ^a   Turco, Salvatore J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

glycosyltransferases; Leishmania; lipophosphoglycan; parasites; ricin agglutinin

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; GALACTOSE OXIDASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LECTIN; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; MANNOSYLPHOSPHORYLTRANSFERASE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; RICIN; TETRASACCHARIDE; TRISACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGGLUTININ; GALACTOSE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LECTIN BINDING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROSOME; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UPREGULATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AGGLUTININS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE OXIDASE; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; GLYCOSYLATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RICIN;

EID: 84944453261     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwu130     Document Type: Article

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