Phospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism in Leishmania

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Zhang, Kai ^a,b   Beverley, Stephen M ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Phospholipid; Plasmalogen; Sphingolipid; Trypanosoma; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; EDELFOSINE; ETHANOLAMINE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; ILMOFOSINE; INOSITOL; LYASE; MILTEFOSINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE DECARBOXYLASE; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CELL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DEGRADATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID RAFT; LIPOGENESIS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; LEISHMANIA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 74849121952     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2009.12.004     Document Type: Review

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