De novo synthesis of thiamine (vitamin B1) is the ancestral state in Plasmodium parasites – evidence from avian haemosporidians
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182017002219
Abstract: Abstract Parasites often have reduced genomes as their own genes become redundant when utilizing their host as a source of metabolites, thus losing their own de novo production of metabolites. Primate malaria parasites can synthesize… read more here.
Keywords: plasmodium parasites; novo synthesis; synthesis thiamine; thiamine ... See more keywords