Make It or Take It: Fatty Acid Metabolism of Apicomplexan Parasites
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Make it or take it: fatty acid metabolism of apicomplexan parasites.
Members of the phylum Apicomplexa include the causative agents of numerous important human and life-stock diseases. Apicomplexans are obligate intracellular pathogens and have adapted to a diverse range of hosts and host cells. A key component to the parasite’s success is its ability to secure the supply of essential nutrients and metabolic building blocks. Here we focus on fatty acid metabolis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eukaryotic Cell
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1535-9778,1535-9786
DOI: 10.1128/ec.00255-07