3-D analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum Maurer's clefts using different electron tomographic approaches

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 888-894

  Henrich, Philipp ^a   Kilian, Nicole ^a   Lanzer, Michael ^a   Cyrklaff, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FIXATION; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ENCODED PROTEINS; HOST CELLS; HUMAN MALARIA PARASITE; PARASITE-; PLASMA MEMBRANES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRAFFICKING; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT; TOMOGRAPHIC; WHOLE CELL;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MACHINERY; PROTEINS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAURER CLEFT; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; ORGANELLES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 68049100010     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200900058     Document Type: Article

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