Hot, sweet and sticky: the glycobiology of Plasmodium falciparum

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 210-218

  von Itzstein, Mark ^a,b   Plebanski, Magdalena ^a,c   Cooke, Brian M ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; INOSITOL DERIVATIVE; LECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL SURFACE; GENE LOSS; GLYCOBIOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INSECT CELL; MALARIA; MAMMAL CELL; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MALARIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 42749094919     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.02.007     Document Type: Review

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