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Malaria Parasites Produce Volatile Mosquito Attractants

The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum contains a nonphotosynthetic plastid organelle that possesses plant-like metabolic pathways. Plants use the plastidial isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway to produce volatile odorants, known as terpenes. In this work, we describe the volatile chemical profile o...

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Autores principales: Kelly, Megan, Su, Chih-Ying, Schaber, Chad, Crowley, Jan R., Hsu, Fong-Fu, Carlson, John R., Odom, Audrey R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25805727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00235-15