Rachel Zufferey

Summary

Affiliation: St. John's University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Characterization of a compensatory mutant of Leishmania major that lacks ether lipids but exhibits normal growth, and G418 and hygromycin resistance
    Rachel Zufferey
    Department of Biological Sciences, St John s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    Exp Parasitol 130:200-4. 2012
  2. ncbi Leishmania dihydroxyacetonephosphate acyltransferase LmDAT is important for ether lipid biosynthesis but not for the integrity of detergent resistant membranes
    Rachel Zufferey
    Department of Biological Sciences, St John s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    Mol Biochem Parasitol 168:177-85. 2009

Detail Information

Publications2

  1. ncbi Characterization of a compensatory mutant of Leishmania major that lacks ether lipids but exhibits normal growth, and G418 and hygromycin resistance
    Rachel Zufferey
    Department of Biological Sciences, St John s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    Exp Parasitol 130:200-4. 2012
    ..Surprisingly, its sensitivity to aminoglycoside based antibiotics G418 and hygromycin was lower than that of the null mutant, wild type and complemented line...
  2. ncbi Leishmania dihydroxyacetonephosphate acyltransferase LmDAT is important for ether lipid biosynthesis but not for the integrity of detergent resistant membranes
    Rachel Zufferey
    Department of Biological Sciences, St John s University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    Mol Biochem Parasitol 168:177-85. 2009
    ..Last, despite the fact that LmDAT is important for virulence the null mutant still exhibited the typical characteristics of metacyclics...