Plasmodium falciparum: Sacrificing membrane to grow crystals?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-26

  Hempelmann, Ernst ^a   Motta, Cristina ^a   Hughes, Ruth ^b   Ward, Stephen A ^b   Bray, Patrick G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; CRYSTAL; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; TONOPLAST;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POTATO VIRUS M; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037213024     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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