Acidocalcisomes - Conserved from bacteria to man

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-261

  Docampo, Roberto ^a,b   de Souza, Wanderley ^c   Miranda, Kildare ^c,d   Rohloff, Peter ^b   Moreno, Silvia N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACIDOCALCISOME; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; ION PUMPS; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; POLYPHOSPHATES; TRYPANOSOMATINA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 14544289062     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1097     Document Type: Review

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