Unique properties of respiratory chain in Plasmodium falciparum mitochondria

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 531, Issue , 2003, Pages 117-133

  Mi Ichi, Fumika ^a   Takeo, Satoru ^a   Takashima, Eizo ^a   Kobayashi, Tamaki ^a   Kim, Hye Sook ^b   Wataya, Yusuke ^b   Matsuda, Akira ^c   Torii, Motomi ^d   Tsuboi, Takafumi ^d   Kita, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ASCOFURANONE; ATOVAQUONE; CHLOROQUINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; FUMARIC ACID; HERBICIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NAFUREDIN; RHODAMINE 123; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICOPLAST; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0041883796     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0059-9_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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