%0 Journal Article
%T Robbing Host Phosphatidic Acid to Survive: A Strategy of a Fly Parasite
%J -
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2019.03.006
%X Drosophila flies can be infected by an obligate fungal intracellular parasite, Tubulinosema ratisbonensis, resulting in a swollen abdomen and often death. Within the fly, the parasite multiplies in the cytoplasm of adipocytes of the fat body, feeds on host lipid droplets, and has a specific requirement for dietary phosphatidic acid
%U https://www.cell.com/trends/parasitology/fulltext/S1471-4922(19)30057-1