Malaria Parasites Produce Volatile Mosquito Attractants

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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Main Authors: Megan Kelly, Chih-Ying Su, Chad Schaber, Jan R. Crowley, Fong-Fu Hsu, John R. Carlson, Audrey R. Odom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-05-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00235-15

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