Methionine transport in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-135

  Cobbold, Simon A ^a   Martin, Rowena E ^a,b   Kirk, Kiaran ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Malaria; Membrane transport; Transporter

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MALARIA; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SODIUM;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 78650179407     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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