Molecular make-up of the Plasmodium parasitophorous vacuolar membrane

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Spielmann, Tobias ^a   Montagna, Georgina N ^b   Hecht, Leonie ^a   Matuschewski, Kai ^b,c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early transcribed membrane protein; Exported protein; Malaria; Parasite host cell interaction; Parasitophorous vacuole; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

EARLY TRANSCRIBED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; EXPORTED PROTEIN 1; GLYCOSYL PHOSPATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOL; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BLOOD; EIMERIA; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GAMETOCYTE; HEPATITIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIVER; MEROZOITE; MICROSPORIDIA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOPHOROUS VACUOLE MEMBRANE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SHORT SURVEY; TONOPLAST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; HEPATOCYTES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIVER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VACUOLES;

EID: 84866599191     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.07.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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