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HDP—A Novel Heme Detoxification Protein from the Malaria Parasite

When malaria parasites infect host red blood cells (RBC) and proteolyze hemoglobin, a unique, albeit poorly understood parasite-specific mechanism, detoxifies released heme into hemozoin (Hz). Here, we report the identification and characterization of a novel Plasmodium Heme Detoxification Protein (...

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Autores principales: Jani, Dewal, Nagarkatti, Rana, Beatty, Wandy, Angel, Ross, Slebodnick, Carla, Andersen, John, Kumar, Sanjai, Rathore, Dharmendar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2291572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18437218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000053