Pigment biocrystallization in Plasmodium falciparum

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-

  Hempelmann, Ernst ^a   J Egan, Timothy ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; BETA HEMATIN; CHLOROQUINE; HEMATIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOZOIN; HISTIDINE; LIPID; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DETOXIFICATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036174719     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(01)02146-8     Document Type: Letter

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