Features of autophagic cell death in Plasmodium liver-stage parasites

Autophagy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 568-580

  Eickel, Nina ^a,b   Kaiser, Gesine ^a   Prado, Monica ^b   Burda, Paul Christian ^a,b   Roelli, Matthias ^a   Stanway, Rebecca R ^a,b   Heussler, Volker T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Atg3; Atg7; Atg8; Autophagy like cell death; Malaria; Membrane expansion; Organelle growth; Parasite death; Plasmodium liver stage

Indexed keywords

AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 3; AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 8; CELL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOPLAST; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84877330088     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.23689     Document Type: Article

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