Lipidomic analysis of Toxoplasma gondii reveals unusual polar lipids

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 48, 2007, Pages 13882-13890

  Welti, Ruth ^a   Mui, Ernie ^b   Sparks, Alexis ^a   Wernimont, Sarah ^b   Isaac, Giorgis ^a   Kirisits, Michael ^b   Roth, Mary ^a   Roberts, Craig W ^c   Botté, Cyrille ^d   Maréchal, Eric ^d   McLeod, Rima ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPIDOMIC ANALYSIS; PARASITIC PROTOZOAN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FATTY ACIDS; FIBROBLASTS; IMMUNIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM;

LIPIDS;

CERAMIDE; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; POLAR LIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FIBROBLAST; GENOMICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TOXOPLASMA;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 36849024386     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7011993     Document Type: Article

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