The multifunctional autophagy pathway in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

Autophagy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-92

  Cervantes, Serena ^a   Bunnik, Evelien M ^a   Saraf, Anita ^b   Conner, Christopher M ^a   Escalante, Aster ^a   Sardiu, Mihaela E ^b   Ponts, Nadia ^a   Prudhomme, Jacques ^a   Florens, Laurence ^b   Le Roch, Karine G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicoplast biogenesis; Autophagy; Gametocytogenesis; Plasmodium; Protein traffic

Indexed keywords

APICOPLAST BIOGENESIS; AUTOPHAGY; GAMETOCYTOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN TRAFFIC;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; APICOPLASTS; AUTOPHAGY; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PARASITES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84894460671     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.26743     Document Type: Article

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