Rodent and nonrodent malaria parasites differ in their phospholipid metabolic pathways

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-96

  Déchamps, Sandrine ^a   Maynadier, Marjorie ^a   Wein, Sharon ^a   Gannoun Zaki, Laila ^a   Maréchal, Eric ^a   Vial, Henri J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lipid; Phosphatidylcholine; Phosphatidylethanolamine; Phosphatidylserine; Phosphoethanolamine N methyltransferase; Phospholipid biosynthesis; Plasmodium berghei; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vinckei; Serine carboxylase

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; ETHANOLAMINE; ETHANOLAMINE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIPID METABOLISM; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALARIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 73149087664     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M900166-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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