A nutrient-permeable channel on the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 226, Issue , 1999, Pages 89-98

  Desai, Sanjay A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VACUOLE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MALARIA; VACUOLES;

EID: 0033286326     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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