Less lipid, more commitment

• Autores: Manuel Llinás
• Localización: Cell, ISSN 0092-8674, Vol. 171, Nº. 7, 2017, págs. 1474-1476
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Sexual differentiation of the malaria parasite is a pre-requisite for transmission from humans to the mosquito vector and has emerged as a target for intervention in eradication efforts. In this issue of Cell, a study from Marti, Clardy, and colleagues ( Brancucci et al., 2017 ) describes a host-derived lipid lysophosphatidylcholine (LysoPC) that regulates sexual commitment.