Malaria Parasites Produce Volatile Mosquito Attractants

ABSTRACT 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...

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Auteurs principaux: Megan Kelly, Chih-Ying Su, Chad Schaber, Jan R. Crowley, Fong-Fu Hsu, John R. Carlson, Audrey R. Odom
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Langue:EN
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/3ab001dea6a64358a18135e500cd9175
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