A membrane network for nutrient import in red cells infected with the malaria parasite

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5315, 1997, Pages 1122-1125

  Lauer, Sabine A ^a   Rathod, Pradipsinh K ^b   Ghori, Nafisa ^a   Haldar, Kasturi ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LUCIFER YELLOW; NUCLEOSIDE;

ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MEMBRANE BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BREFELDIN A; CYCLOPENTANES; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; ISOQUINOLINES; MORPHOLINES; NUCLEOSIDES; ORGANELLES; OROTIC ACID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0030953287     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5315.1122     Document Type: Article

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