Remodeling of human red cells infected with plasmodium falciparum and the impact of PHIST proteins

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-202

  Prajapati, Surendra K ^a   Singh, Om P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte; Host cell remodeling; PHIST proteins; Plasmodium falciparum; Remodeling proteins

Indexed keywords

EXPORT PROTEIN; PLASMODIUM HELICAL INTERSPERSE SUBTELOMERIC EXPORT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSKELETON; ERYTHROCYTE FUNCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE REMODELING; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MAURER CLEFT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOPHOROUS VACUOLE MEMBRANE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TUBULOVESICULAR NETWORK;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ERYTHROCYTE; HOST CELL REMODELING; PHIST PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REMODELING PROTEINS;

ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84881022207     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2013.06.003     Document Type: Review

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