Plasmodium falciparum: An electronmicroscopy study of caveolae and trafficking between the parasite and the extracellular medium

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1007-1012

  Olliaro, Piero ^a   Castelli, Francesco ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caveolae; Caveolar vesicles; Infected red blood cell; Plasmodium falciparum; Trafficking; Tubulovesicular structures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZONT; TRAFFIC;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0030845837     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00083-0     Document Type: Article

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