Sphingomyelin synthesis in helminths: A minireview

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Bankov, Ilia ^a   Timanova, Anna ^a   Barrett, John ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helminths; Lipids; Parasites; Review; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOMYELIN;

ANIMAL; ASCARIDIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HELMINTH; HYMENOLEPIS; METABOLISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HELMINTHS; HYMENOLEPIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPHINGOMYELINS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIDIA; CESTODA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERMES;

EID: 0032433601     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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