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Fatty Acid Oxidation Is Essential for Egg Production by the Parasitic Flatworm Schistosoma mansoni

Schistosomes, parasitic flatworms that cause the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis, have been considered to have an entirely carbohydrate based metabolism, with glycolysis playing a dominant role in the adult parasites. However, we have discovered a close link between mitochondrial oxygen c...

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Autores principales: Huang, Stanley Ching-Cheng, Freitas, Tori C., Amiel, Eyal, Everts, Bart, Pearce, Erika L., Lok, James B., Pearce, Edward J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3486914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23133378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002996