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Toward understanding the role of mitochondrial complex II in the intraerythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum: gene targeting of the Fp subunit.
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2012
Tanaka Takeshi Q, Hirai Makoto, Watanabe Yoh-ichi, Kita Kiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Malaria parasites in human hosts depend on glycolysis for most of their energy production, and the mitochondrion of the intraerythrocytic form is acristate. Although the genes for all tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle members are found in the parasite genome, the presence of a functional TCA cycle i...
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