Taking Charge: Feeding Malaria via Anion Channels
- Ekland, Eric H.
- Akabas, Myles H.
- Fidock, David A.
Publication date
May 2011
DOI Publisher
Elsevier Inc. ISSN
0092-8674 Citation count (estimate)
3Abstract
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum increases red blood cell membrane permeability during infection to allow for import of nutrients and other solutes. Nguitragool et al. (2011) have now identified parasite-encoded CLAG3 proteins as key components of the import channel located on the erythrocyte membrane
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