Deficiency of a Niemann-Pick, type C1-related protein in toxoplasma is associated with multiple lipidoses and increased pathogenicity.

Several proteins that play key roles in cholesterol synthesis, regulation, trafficking and signaling are united by sharing the phylogenetically conserved 'sterol-sensing domain' (SSD). The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma possesses at least one gene coding for a protein containing the can...

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Main Authors: Bao Lige, Julia D Romano, Veera Venkata Ratnam Bandaru, Karen Ehrenman, Jelena Levitskaya, Vera Sampels, Norman J Haughey, Isabelle Coppens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3234224?pdf=render