Phospholipids in parasitic protozoa

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-154

  Vial, Henri J ^a   Eldin, Patrick ^a   Tielens, Aloysius G M ^b   Van Hellemond, Jaap J ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Fatty acid; Glycolipid; Parasitic protozoa; Phospholipid; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BABESIA BOVIS; CELL INVASION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HOST; HOST CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEISHMANIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTOZOA;

APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0037325017     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00281-5     Document Type: Review

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