Plasmodium falciparum phosphoethanolamine methyltransferase is essential for malaria transmission

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 18262-18267

  Bobenchik, April M ^a   Witola, William H ^b   Augagneur, Yoann ^a   Lochlainn, Laura Nic ^a   Garg, Aprajita ^a   Pachikara, Niseema ^a   Choi, Jae Yeon ^c   Zhao, Yang O ^a,d   Usmani Brown, Sahar ^a   Lee, Albert ^a   Adjalley, Sophie H ^e   Samanta, Swapna ^a   Fidock, David A ^e   Voelker, Dennis R ^c   Fikrig, Erol ^a,d   Mamoun, Choukri Ben ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CITICOLINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; NSC 158011; NSC 323241; NSC 58011; NSC 641296; NSC 668394; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE CULTURE; GAMETOCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS;

ANTIMALARIALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SERINE;

EID: 84887302542     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1313965110     Document Type: Article

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