Sphingolipid synthesis and scavenging in the intracellular apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Pratt, Steven ^a   Wansadhipathi Kannangara, Nilu K ^a   Bruce, Catherine R ^a   Mina, John G ^a   Shams Eldin, Hosam ^b   Casas, Josefina ^c   Hanada, Kentaro ^d   Schwarz, Ralph T ^b,e   Sonda, Sabrina ^f   Denny, Paul W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA IQAC CSIC   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Host parasite interaction; Inositol phosphorylceramide synthase; Sphingolipid; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; AUR1P ENZYME; AUREOBASIDIN A; FUNGAL ENZYME; INOSITOL PHOSPHORYLCERAMIDE SYNTHASE; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; SPHINGOLIPIDS; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84873285146     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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