Synthesis of chloroplast galactolipids in apicomplexan parasites

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 653-656

  Maréchal, Eric ^a   Azzouz, Nahid ^b   De Macedo, Cristiana Santos ^b   Block, Maryse A ^a   Feagin, Jean E ^c,d   Schwarz, Ralph T ^b   Joyard, Jacques ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

DIGALACTOSYLDIGLYCERIDE; GALACTOLIPID; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; GALACTOLIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0036690618     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.4.653-656.2002     Document Type: Article

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