Prolonged extracellular development of Plasmodium falciparum and the favoring effect of carnitine

Parasitology International

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-119

  Williams, Jonathan ^a   Gill, Gokal S ^b   Trager, William ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Rockefeller University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellularly; Plasmodium falciparum; Schizogonic cycle

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0032102802     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(98)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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