The Cinderella syndrome: Why do malaria-infected cells burst at midnight?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-16

  Mideo, Nicole ^a   Reece, Sarah E ^b   Smith, Adrian L ^c   Metcalf, C Jessica E ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Evolution; Plasmodium; Synchronicity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

CELL CYCLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; PARASITE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERIODICITY; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PROGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELLS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM;

CINDERELLA;

EID: 84871696389     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.10.006     Document Type: Review

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