Evidence That Intracellular Stages of Leishmania major Utilize Amino Sugars as a Major Carbon Source

Thomas Naderer; Joanne Heng; Malcolm J. McConville

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001245

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Evidence That Intracellular Stages of Leishmania major Utilize Amino Sugars as a Major Carbon Source

Thomas Naderer ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Naderer, Joanne Heng

Affiliation The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Joanne Heng ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Naderer, Joanne Heng

Affiliation The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Malcolm J. McConville

* E-mail: malcolmm@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Evidence That Intracellular Stages of Leishmania major Utilize Amino Sugars as a Major Carbon Source

Thomas Naderer,
Joanne Heng,
Malcolm J. McConville

Published: December 23, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001245

About the Authors

Thomas Naderer

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Naderer, Joanne Heng

Affiliation The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Joanne Heng

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Naderer, Joanne Heng

Affiliation The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Malcolm J. McConville

* E-mail: malcolmm@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN JH MJM. Performed the experiments: TN JH. Analyzed the data: TN JH MJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN MJM. Wrote the paper: TN JH MJM.

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