Purinergic signalling is involved in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum invasion to red blood cells

Purinergic Signalling

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-372

  Levano Garcia, Julio ^a   Dluzewski, Anton R ^b   Markus, Regina P ^a   Garcia, Celia Regina S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium signalling; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Purinergic receptor; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651469757     PISSN: 15739538     EISSN: 15739546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11302-010-9202-y     Document Type: Article

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