Hemoglobin metabolism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparium

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue , 1997, Pages 97-123

  Francis, Susan E ^a   Sullivan Jr , David J ^a   Goldberg, Daniel E ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Falcipain; Heme; Plasmepsin; Protease; Quinoline

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLPHENYLALANYLALANYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROQUINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MEFLOQUINE; METHYLENE BLUE; PROTEINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

DRUG MECHANISM; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030879653     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.97     Document Type: Review

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