Polyamine uptake by the intraerythrocytic malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 921-929

  Niemand, J ^a   Louw, A I ^a   Birkholtz, L ^a   Kirk, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Malaria; Membrane transport; Plasmodium; Polyamine; Putrescine; Spermidine

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; POTASSIUM; PUTRESCINE; SODIUM ION; SPERMIDINE;

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENZYME; MALARIA; METABOLISM; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL PH; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOSOL; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUTRESCINE; SODIUM; SPERMIDINE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84866497523     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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