The disruption of GDP-fucose de novo biosynthesis suggests the presence of a novel fucose-containing glycoconjugate in Plasmodium asexual blood stages

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Sanz, Sílvia ^a   López Gutiérrez, Borja ^a   Bandini, Giulia ^b   Damerow, Sebastian ^c   Absalon, Sabrina ^d   Dinglasan, Rhoel R ^e   Samuelson, John ^b   Izquierdo, Luis ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; GDPMANNOSE 4,6-DEHYDRATASE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE FUCOSE; HYDROLYASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FUCOSE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE FUCOSE; HYDRO-LYASES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84995642395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep37230     Document Type: Article

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