Histidine-rich protein 2 of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is involved in detoxification of the by-products of haemoglobin degradation

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-86

  Papalexis, Vicki ^a   Siomos, Mary Anne ^a   Campanale, Naomi ^a   Guo, Xian guo ^a,b   Kocak, Gulcan ^a   Foley, Michael ^a   Tilley, Leann ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Dali Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

Food vacuole; Haem; Histidine rich protein 2; Malaria; Oxidation; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

1,2 PHENYLENEDIAMINE; BETA HAEMATIN; GLUTATHIONE; HEMATIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DETOXIFICATION; FOOD; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEINS; RABBITS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0035011312     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00271-7     Document Type: Article

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