Naturally occurring triggers that induce apoptosis-like programmed cell death in Plasmodium berghei ookinetes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Ali, Medhat ^a,b   Al Olayan, Ebtesam M ^a,c   Lewis, Steven ^a   Matthews, Holly ^a   Hurd, Hilary ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PARASITOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LONGEVITY; MIDGUT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOSQUITO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

METAZOA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; APOPTOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77958597132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012634     Document Type: Article

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