Vitamin B1 and B6 in the malaria parasite: requisite or dispensable?
Vitamins are essential compounds mainly involved in acting as enzyme co-factors or in response to oxidative stress. In the last two years it became apparent that apicomplexan parasites are able to generate B vitamers such as vitamin B1 and B6 de novo. The biosynthesis pathways responsible for vitami...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2008-02-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000200001 |