Ether lipids and their possible physiological function in adult Schistosoma mansoni

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 49-58

  Brouwers, Jos F H M ^a   Van Hellemond, Jaap J ^a   Van Golde, Lambert M G ^a   Tielens, Aloysius G M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Phosphatidylcholine; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Plasmalogen; Platelet activating factor; Tegumental membranes

Indexed keywords

ETHER LIPID; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PLASMALOGEN; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HAMSTER; INTEGUMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRICETINAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PLASMALOGENS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0032582845     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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