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Plasmodium berghei oocysts possess fatty acid synthesis and scavenging routes

Malaria parasites carry out fatty acid synthesis (FAS) in their apicoplast organelle via a bacterially related (type II) enzymatic pathway. In the vertebrate host, exoerythrocytic Plasmodium stages rely on FAS, whereas intraerythrocytic stages depend on scavenging FA from their environment. In the m...

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Autores principales: Saeed, Sadia, Tremp, Annie Z., Dessens, Johannes T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10404217/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37543672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39708-z