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| Title |
Sugar activation and glycosylation in Plasmodium
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12936-015-0949-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Marta Cova, João A. Rodrigues, Terry K. Smith, Luis Izquierdo |
| Abstract |
Glycoconjugates are important mediators of host-pathogen interactions and are usually very abundant in the surface of many protozoan parasites. However, in the particular case of Plasmodium species, previous works show that glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor modifications, and to an unknown extent, a severely truncated N-glycosylation are the only glycosylation processes taking place in the parasite. Nevertheless, a detailed analysis of the parasite genome and the recent identification of the sugar nucleotide precursors biosynthesized by Plasmodium falciparum support a picture in which several overlooked, albeit not very prominent glycosylations may be occurring during the parasite life cycle. In this work, the authors review recent developments in the characterization of the biosynthesis of glycosylation precursors in the parasite, focusing on the outline of the possible fates of these precursors. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 13% |
| Portugal | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 6 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 63% |
| Scientists | 2 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 116 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 22% |
| Researcher | 18 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 15% |
| Unknown | 22 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 43 | 37% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 30 | 26% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 3% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Unknown | 22 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 November 2015.
All research outputs
#6,001,526
of 22,831,537 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#1,581
of 5,572 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#74,970
of 284,235 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#34
of 158 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,831,537 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 73rd percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,572 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 71% of its peers.
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