Temperature acclimation of Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigote and metacyclic trypomastigote lipids

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-33

  Florin Christensen, Monica ^a,e   Florin Christensen, Jorge ^a   De Isola, Elvira D ^c   Lammel, Estela ^c   Meinardi, Elsa ^a   Brenner, Rodolfo R ^b   Rasmussen, Leif ^d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e INEUCI CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Lipids; Phospholipids; Sterols; Temperature; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID; STEROL;

ARTICLE; EPIMASTIGOTE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STEROLS; TEMPERATURE; TRIGLYCERIDES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030737750     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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