Enzymes involved in plastid-targeted phosphatidic acid synthesis are essential for Plasmodium yoelii liver-stage development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 679-693

  Lindner, Scott E ^a,d   Sartain, Mark J ^b   Hayes, Kiera ^a   Harupa, Anke ^a   Moritz, Robert L ^b   Kappe, Stefan H I ^a,c   Vaughan, Ashley M ^a  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-ACYLGLYCEROPHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD); PHOSPHATIDIC ACID;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLASTID; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD+); GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER; MICE; PHOSPHATIDIC ACIDS; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84893781407     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12485     Document Type: Article

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