Sphingolipid degradation in Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Agiesh Balakrishna Pillai (مؤلف), Wei Xu (مؤلف), Ou Zhang (مؤلف), Kai Zhang (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human leishmaniasis is caused by more than 20 Leishmania species and has a wide range of symptoms. Our recent studies have demonstrated the essential role of sphingolipid degradation in the virulence of Leishmania (Leishmania) major, a species responsible for localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in the...