Intraerythrocytic Plasmodium falciparum utilize a broad range of serum-derived fatty acids with limited modification for their growth

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 399-410

  Mi Ichi, F ^a,b   Kita, K ^b   Mitamura, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Elongase; Fatty acid; Lipid metabolism; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SERUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 33750212742     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000540     Document Type: Article

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