Origin, composition, organization and function of the inner membrane complex of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2053-2063

  Dearnley, Megan K ^a,b   Yeoman, Jeffrey A ^c   Hanssen, Eric ^a   Kenny, Shannon ^a,b   Turnbull, Lynne ^d   Whitchurch, Cynthia B ^d   Tilley, Leann ^a,b   Dixon, Matthew W A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gametocyte; Inner membrane complex; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GAMETOCYTE; INNER MEMBRANE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MYOSINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84862506944     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.099002     Document Type: Article

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