Heme as a source of iron to Leishmania infantum amastigotes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Carvalho, Sandra ^a   Cruz, Tânia ^a   Santarém, Nuno ^a   Castro, Helena ^a   Costa, Vítor ^a,b   Tomás, Ana M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Heme; Hemoglobin; Iron; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LIGAND;

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; HEME; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBINS; IRON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 57849159746     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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