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Malaria parasites solve the problem of a low calcium environment

The parasite responsible for malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, spends much of its life in the RBC under conditions of low cytosolic Ca(2+). This poses an interesting problem for a parasite that depends on a Ca(2+) signaling system to carry out its vital functions. This long standing puzzle has now bee...

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Autor principal: Camacho, Patricia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2172879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12695494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200303116