Malaria parasites solve the problem of a low calcium environment

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-19

  Camacho, Patricia ^a,b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VACUOLES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037437170     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200303116     Document Type: Short Survey

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