Selective permeabilization of the host cell membrane of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells with streptolysin O and equinatoxin II

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-175

  Jackson, Katherine E ^a   Spielmann, Tobias ^b,c   Hanssen, Eric ^a   Adisa, Akinola ^a   Separovic, Frances ^d   Dixon, Matthew W A ^c   Trenholme, Katharine R ^c   Hawthorne, Paula L ^c   Gardiner, Don L ^c   Gilberger, Tim ^b   Tilley, Leann ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Equinatoxin II; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pore forming toxin; Streptolysin O

Indexed keywords

EQUINATOXIN II; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PORE-FORMING TOXIN; STREPTOLYSIN O;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOGENS;

CELLS;

EQUINATOXIN 2; SPHINGOMYELIN; STREPTOLYSIN O; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CYTOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMANS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STREPTOLYSINS;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 34147108782     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20061725     Document Type: Article

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