Calcium regulation in protozoan parasites

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-364

  Moreno, Silvia N J ^a   Docampo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOSOL; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; LEISHMANIA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0042195182     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(03)00091-2     Document Type: Review

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