Central carbon metabolism of Plasmodium parasites

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-103

  Olszewski, Kellen L ^a   Llinás, Manuel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central carbon metabolism; Malaria; Metabolic network; Metabolomics; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AMINOSUGAR; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; LIPID; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; BIOGENESIS; BIOMASS; CARBON METABOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLYCOLYSIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLASMODIUM;

AVES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; RODENTIA; SIMIAE;

EID: 78650305297     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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