Plasmodium falciparum glycolipid synthesis: constant and variant molecules of isolates and of strains with differing knob and cytoadherence phenotype.

Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes were metabolically labeled with tritiated glucosamine. Lipid extracts were analyzed by high-performance thin-layer chromatography to compare labeled molecules of eleven isolates from patients, six cytoadherent in vitro strains, and two knobbed and two knob...

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Main Authors: Sherwood, J, Spitalnik, S, Suarez, S, Marsh, K, Howard, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1988