Plasmodium falciparum is dependent on de novo myo-inositol biosynthesis for assembly of GPI glycolipids and infectivity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 762-776

  Macrae, James I ^a,c   Lopaticki, Sash ^b   Maier, Alexander G ^b,d   Rupasinghe, Thusitha ^a   Nahid, Amsha ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^b   Mcconville, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; INOSITOL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ERYTHROCYTES; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; GLYCOLIPIDS; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; INOSITOL; ISOTOPE LABELING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84893743978     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12496     Document Type: Article

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