The use and abuse of heme in apicomplexan parasites

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-656

  Van Dooren, Giel G ^a   Kennedy, Alexander T ^b   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C1; CYTOCHROME C2; CYTOCHROME P450; GLOBIN; HEME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

APICOMPLEXA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE SEQUENCE; HEME SYNTHESIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN SENSING; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEILERIA PARVA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; HEME; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 84862533617     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4539     Document Type: Review

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