Sphingolipids, Lipid Rafts, and Giardial Encystation: The Show Must Go On

Current Tropical Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 136-143

  Mendez, Tavis L ^a   De Chatterjee, Atasi ^a   Duarte, Trevor ^a   De Leon, Joaquin ^a   Robles Martinez, Leobarda ^a   Das, Siddhartha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst; Encystation; Giardia; Lipid; Lipid rafts; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; CYST WALL PROTEIN 1; CYST WALL PROTEIN 2; FILIPIN; GANGLIOSIDE; GIARDIAL GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE TRANSFERASE 1; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; MONO SIALO GANGLIOSIDE; NYSTATIN; OSELTAMIVIR; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; SPHINGOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DORMANCY; DRUG TARGETING; ENCYSTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID RAFT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

EID: 85006260582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40475-015-0052-0     Document Type: Review

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