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Kai Zhang - Publications

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1997- Biology The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 
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2019 Moitra S, Pawlowic MC, Hsu FF, Zhang K. Phosphatidylcholine synthesis through cholinephosphate cytidylyltransferase is dispensable in Leishmania major. Scientific Reports. 9: 7602. PMID 31110206 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-44086-6  0.327
2019 Mukherjee S, Basu S, Zhang K. Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase is essential for the promastigote and amastigote stages in Leishmania major. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. PMID 30926449 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molbiopara.2019.03.001  0.307
2018 Mukherjee S, Xu W, Hsu FF, Patel J, Huang J, Zhang K. Sterol methyltransferase is required for optimal mitochondrial function and virulence in Leishmania major. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 30260041 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.14139  0.332
2017 Xu W, Mukherjee S, Ning Y, Hsu FF, Zhang K. Cyclopropane fatty acid synthesis affects cell shape and acid resistance in Leishmania mexicana. International Journal For Parasitology. PMID 29180119 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2017.09.006  0.302
2016 Pawlowic M, Hsu FF, Moitra S, Biyani N, Zhang K. Plasmenylethanolamine synthesis in Leishmania major. Molecular Microbiology. PMID 27062077 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.13387  0.331
2014 Xu W, Hsu FF, Baykal E, Huang J, Zhang K. Sterol Biosynthesis Is Required for Heat Resistance but Not Extracellular Survival in Leishmania Plos Pathogens. 10. PMID 25340392 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1004427  0.315
2013 Zhang O, Hsu F, Xu W, Pawlowic M, Zhang K. Sphingosine kinase A is a pleiotropic and essential enzyme for Leishmania survival and virulence. Molecular Microbiology. 90: 489-501. PMID 23980754 DOI: 10.1111/Mmi.12378  0.321
2012 Pillai AB, Xu W, Zhang O, Zhang K. Sphingolipid degradation in Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases. 6. PMID 23285302 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pntd.0001944  0.304
2012 Pawlowic MC, Zhang K. Leishmania parasites possess a platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase important for virulence Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 186: 11-20. PMID 22954769 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molbiopara.2012.08.005  0.337
2012 Zhang O, Xu W, Pillai AB, Zhang K. Developmentally regulated sphingolipid degradation in Leishmania major. Plos One. 7. PMID 22299050 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0031059  0.352
2011 Xu W, Xin L, Soong L, Zhang K. Sphingolipid degradation by Leishmania major is required for its resistance to acidic pH in the mammalian host. Infection and Immunity. 79: 3377-87. PMID 21576322 DOI: 10.1128/Iai.00037-11  0.32
2010 Zhang K, Bangs JD, Beverley SM. Sphingolipids in parasitic protozoa. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 688: 238-48. PMID 20919659 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6741-1_17  0.322
2010 Zhang K, Beverley SM. Phospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism in Leishmania. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 170: 55-64. PMID 20026359 DOI: 10.1016/J.Molbiopara.2009.12.004  0.314
2009 Zhang O, Wilson MC, Xu W, Hsu FF, Turk J, Kuhlmann FM, Wang Y, Soong L, Key P, Beverley SM, Zhang K. Degradation of host sphingomyelin is essential for Leishmania virulence. Plos Pathogens. 5: e1000692. PMID 20011126 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Ppat.1000692  0.363
2008 Sutterwala SS, Hsu FF, Sevova ES, Schwartz KJ, Zhang K, Key P, Turk J, Beverley SM, Bangs JD. Developmentally regulated sphingolipid synthesis in African trypanosomes. Molecular Microbiology. 70: 281-96. PMID 18699867 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2008.06393.X  0.35
2007 Zhang K, Pompey JM, Hsu FF, Key P, Bandhuvula P, Saba JD, Turk J, Beverley SM. Redirection of sphingolipid metabolism toward de novo synthesis of ethanolamine in Leishmania. The Embo Journal. 26: 1094-104. PMID 17290222 DOI: 10.1038/Sj.Emboj.7601565  0.314
2005 Zhang K, Hsu FF, Scott DA, Docampo R, Turk J, Beverley SM. Leishmania salvage and remodelling of host sphingolipids in amastigote survival and acidocalcisome biogenesis. Molecular Microbiology. 55: 1566-78. PMID 15720561 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2958.2005.04493.X  0.353
2003 Zhang K, Showalter M, Revollo J, Hsu FF, Turk J, Beverley SM. Sphingolipids are essential for differentiation but not growth in Leishmania. The Embo Journal. 22: 6016-26. PMID 14609948 DOI: 10.1093/Emboj/Cdg584  0.341
2002 Descoteaux A, Avila HA, Zhang K, Turco SJ, Beverley SM. Leishmania LPG3 encodes a GRP94 homolog required for phosphoglycan synthesis implicated in parasite virulence but not viability. The Embo Journal. 21: 4458-69. PMID 12198148 DOI: 10.1093/Emboj/Cdf447  0.356
2002 Zhang K, Rathod PK. Divergent regulation of dihydrofolate reductase between malaria parasite and human host. Science (New York, N.Y.). 296: 545-7. PMID 11964483 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1068274  0.525
1999 Shallom S, Zhang K, Jiang L, Rathod PK. Essential protein-protein interactions between Plasmodium falciparum thymidylate synthase and dihydrofolate reductase domains. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274: 37781-6. PMID 10608839 DOI: 10.1074/Jbc.274.53.37781  0.566
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