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ZIPCO, a putative metal ion transporter, is crucial for Plasmodium liver-stage development

The malaria parasite, Plasmodium, requires iron for growth, but how it imports iron remains unknown. We characterize here a protein that belongs to the ZIP (Zrt-, Irt-like Protein) family of metal ion transport proteins and have named ZIP domain-containing protein (ZIPCO). Inactivation of the ZIPCO-...

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Autores principales: Sahu, Tejram, Boisson, Bertrand, Lacroix, Céline, Bischoff, Emmanuel, Richier, Quentin, Formaglio, Pauline, Thiberge, Sabine, Dobrescu, Irina, Ménard, Robert, Baldacci, Patricia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25257508
http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201403868