Type II fatty acid biosynthesis is essential for Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite development in the midgut of anopheles mosquitoes

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 550-559

  van Schaijk, Ben C L ^a   Santha Kumar, T R ^b   Vos, Martijn W ^a   Richman, Adam ^c   van Gemert, Geert Jan ^a   Li, Tao ^c   Eappen, Abraham G ^c   Williamson, Kim C ^d,e   Morahan, Belinda J ^e   Fishbaugher, Matt ^f   Kennedy, Mark ^f   Camargo, Nelly ^f   Khan, Shahid M ^g   Janse, Chris J ^g   Sim, Kim Lee ^c   Hoffman, Stephen L ^c   Kappe, Stefan H I ^f,h   Sauerwein, Robert W ^a   Fidock, David A ^b   Vaughan, Ashley M ^f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Microbiology and Immunology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c SANARIA INC   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE CARRIER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FATTY ACIDS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 84899912134     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00264-13     Document Type: Article

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