Apicoplast lipoic acid protein ligase B is not essential for Plasmodium falciparum

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1938-1949

  Günther, Svenja ^a,b   Wallace, Lynsey ^a,b   Patzewitz, Eva Maria ^a,b   McMillan, Paul J ^a,b   Storm, Janet ^a,b   Wrenger, Carsten ^c   Bissett, Ryan ^a,b   Smith, Terry K ^d   Müller, Sylke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA KETO ACID DEHYDROGENASE; ENZYME; GLYCINE; LIGASE; LIPB ENZYME; LPLA2 ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; THIOCTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPOATE PROTEIN LIGASE; LIPOATE-PROTEIN LIGASE; LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LIPOPROTEINS; ORGANELLES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; THIOCTIC ACID; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 37849040526     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030189     Document Type: Article

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