Mitochondrial function in Babesia microti and Babesia rodhaini

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 567-570

  Shikano, Sojin ^a   Katoh, Rie ^a   Adachi, Keishi ^a   Bonkobara, Makoto ^a   Inaba, Mutsumi ^a   Ono, Kenichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; Babesia rodhaini; Mitochondrial function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; GLYCOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ATP SYNTHETASE COMPLEXES; BABESIA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IONOPHORES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL ADP, ATP TRANSLOCASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UBIQUINONE; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA RODHAINI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032055935     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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