The role of acidocalcisomes in parasitic protists

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Moreno, Silvia N J ^a   Docampo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidocalcisome; Calcium; Dense granules; Platelets; Polyphosphate; Pyrophosphate; Toxoplasma; Trypanosoma; Volutin granules

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; POLYPHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE;

CALCIUM; CATION; CELL ORGANELLE; ION EXCHANGE; OSMOREGULATION; PARASITE; PH; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; PROTIST;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; METABOLISM; PROTOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CALCIUM; DIPHOSPHATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANELLES; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROTOZOA;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 65849148513     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00404.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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