Autophagy in Apicomplexa: A life sustaining death mechanism?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 358-364

  Sinai, Anthony P ^a   Roepe, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Autophagy; Plasmodium; Programmed cell death (PCD); Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; MONENSIN;

APICOMPLEXA; APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSOL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IC 50; MEDIATOR; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA;

ANTIMALARIALS; APICOMPLEXA; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY;

EID: 84865171164     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.06.006     Document Type: Review

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