Amount of cholesterol in host membrane affects erythrocyte invasion and replication by Babesia bovis

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 625-630

  Okubo, K ^a   Yokoyama, N ^a   Takabatake, N ^a   Okamura, M ^a,b   Igarashi, I ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Cholesterol; Erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES;

BABESIA BOVIS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34249706836     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001910     Document Type: Article

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