Comprehensive and definitive structural identities of Pneumocystis carinii sterols
Pneumocystis causes a type of pneumonia in immunodeficient mammals, such as AIDS patients. Mammals cannot alkylate the C-24 position of the sterol side chain, nor can they desaturate C-22. Thus, the reactions leading to these sterol modifications are particularly attractive targets for the developme...
Main Authors: | José-Luis Giner, Hui Zhao, David H. Beach, Edward J. Parish, Koka Jayasimhulu, Edna S. Kaneshiro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2002-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520314747 |
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