Enhanced gametocyte formation in erythrocyte progenitor cells: A site-specific adaptation by plasmodium falciparum

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 208, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1170-1174

  Peatey, Christopher L ^a   Watson, Jolanta A ^b   Trenholme, Katharine R ^a,c   Brown, Christopher L ^d   Nielson, Lars ^c   Guenther, Marko ^e   Timmins, Nicholas ^c,f   Watson, Gregory S ^b   Gardiner, Donald L ^a,c,d  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^f Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; erythroid progenitor cells; gametocytes; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; GAMETOCYTE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETOCYTES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; GAMETOCYTES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

CELL MEMBRANE; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84887288051     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit309     Document Type: Letter

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