Neutral-lipid analysis reveals elevation of acylglycerols and lack of cholesterol esters in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1128-1131

  Nawabi, Parwez ^a   Lykidis, Athanasios ^a   Ji, Darder ^a,b   Haldar, Kasturi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPID DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; SAN 58035; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMIDES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIVISION; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIGLYCERIDES; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0142155038     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.5.1128-1131.2003     Document Type: Article

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