The mysteries of hemoglobin degradation in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes [2]

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 198-199

  Ginsburg, Hagai ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PEPTIDE; PLASMEPSIN I; PLASMEPSIN II; PROTON PUMP;

ACIDIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HYPOTHESIS; INGESTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PARASITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRANSPORT VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AVES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0038066246     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(03)00057-6     Document Type: Letter

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