Intracellular calcium levels in the Plasmodium berghei ookinete

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1355-1362

  Siden Kiamos I ^a   Louis, C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ca2+ signalling; Gliding motility; Invasion; Ookinetes; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LIFE CYCLE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OOKINETE; PARASITE MIGRATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; IONOPHORES; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; RODENTIA;

EID: 54349118971     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004939     Document Type: Article

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