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Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat
A new study reveals that an exotic lipid, phosphatidylthreonine, makes up a substantial proportion of the membrane of a widespread human parasite and is essential for its virulence. Read the Research Article.
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Public Library of Science
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26566044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002289 |
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| author | Roberts, Roland G. |
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| description | A new study reveals that an exotic lipid, phosphatidylthreonine, makes up a substantial proportion of the membrane of a widespread human parasite and is essential for its virulence. Read the Research Article. |
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| spelling | pubmed-46438912015-11-18 Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat Roberts, Roland G. PLoS Biol Synopsis A new study reveals that an exotic lipid, phosphatidylthreonine, makes up a substantial proportion of the membrane of a widespread human parasite and is essential for its virulence. Read the Research Article. Public Library of Science 2015-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4643891/ /pubmed/26566044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002289 Text en © 2015 Roland G. Roberts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
| spellingShingle | Synopsis Roberts, Roland G. Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat |
| title | Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat |
| title_full | Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat |
| title_fullStr | Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat |
| title_short | Toxoplasma’s Taste for Exotic Fat |
| title_sort | toxoplasma’s taste for exotic fat |
| topic | Synopsis |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26566044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002289 |
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