LEISHMANIA-DONOVANI - PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A GLYCOPHOSPHOSPHINGOLIPID ANTIGEN EXPRESSED ON PROMASTIGOTE SURFACE

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DEMAJUMDAR, T
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关键词
LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; KALA-AZAR; GLYCOPHOSPHOSPHINGOLIPID; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; CERAMIDE ANCHOR;
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10.1016/0014-4894(92)90148-4
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
A ceramide-anchored glycophosphosphingolipid antigen was isolated from the lipid extract of Leishmania donovani promastigotes. The affinity-purified glycolipid antigen contained galactose, man nose, myo-inositol, phosphate, ceramide, and hexosamine but no sialic acid. The phosphate group was present internally at the core of the structure: inositol (1-O)-phosphorylceramide. The phosphate group became susceptible to alkaline phosphatase only after alkali-catalyzed hydrolysis of the glycolipid. © 1992.
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