Cellular architecture of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1127-1135

  Hanssen, Eric ^a   McMillan, Paul J ^a   Tilley, Leann ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Digestive vacuole; Electron tomography; Malaria; Maurer's cleft; Plasmodium falciparum; Ultrastructure; Whole cell imaging

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1;

HEMOGLOBIN; MALARIA; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOAN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; BLOOD PARASITE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77954031903     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.04.012     Document Type: Review

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