The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum: Cell biological peculiarities and nutritional consequences

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2010

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Baumeister, Stefan
Winterberg, Markus
Przyborski, Jude M
Lingelbach, Klaus

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Springer

Abstract

Apicomplexan parasites obligatorily invade and multiply within eukaryotic cells. Phylogenetically, they are related to a group of algae which, during their evolution, have acquired a secondary endosymbiont. This organelle, which in the parasite is called

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Keywords: animal; biological model; blood; cell compartmentalization; cell membrane permeability; cell organelle; cell vacuole; erythrocyte; erythrocyte membrane; growth, development and aging; host parasite interaction; human; malaria falciparum; metabolism; paras Apicomplexa; Erythrocyte; Malaria; New permeability pathways; Plasmodium falciparum

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Protoplasma

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2037-12-31