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Limited genetic diversity of the Plasmodium falciparum aquaglyceroporin gene.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Dec 2007
Bahamontes-Rosa Noemí, Wu Binghua, Beitz Eric, Kremsner Peter G, Kun Jürgen F J
Abstract excerpt
In Plasmodium falciparum small solutes like water, ammonium, glycerol and others are transported by a parasite-encoded channel into the parasite. The gene encoding this channel is termed P. falciparum aquaglyceroporin (PfAQP) and is a single-copy gene and highly homologous to other aquaporins fro...
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