Ether phospholipids and glycosylinositolphospholipids are not required for amastigote virulence or for inhibition of macrophage activation by Leishmania major
(2003)
Journal Article
Zufferey, R., Allen, S., Barron, T., Sullivan, D., Denny, P., Almeida, I., …Beverley, S. (2003). Ether phospholipids and glycosylinositolphospholipids are not required for amastigote virulence or for inhibition of macrophage activation by Leishmania major. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 278(45), 44708-44718. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m308063200
Ether phospholipids are major components of the membranes of humans and Leishmania. In protozoan parasites they occur separately or as part of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor of molecules implicated in virulence, such as lipophosphoglyc... Read More about Ether phospholipids and glycosylinositolphospholipids are not required for amastigote virulence or for inhibition of macrophage activation by Leishmania major.