A voltage-dependent channel involved in nutrient uptake by red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6799, 2000, Pages 1001-1005

  Desai, Sanjay A ^a,c   Bezrukov, Sergey M ^b   Zimmerberg, Joshua ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; ION TRANSPORT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0034739003     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35023000     Document Type: Article

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