Calcium uptake and proton transport by acidocalcisomes of Toxoplasma gondii.

Acidocalcisomes are acidic calcium stores found in diverse organisms, being conserved from bacteria to humans. They possess an acidic matrix that contains several cations bound to phosphates, which are mainly present in the form of short and long polyphosphate chains. Their matrix is acidified throu...

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Main Authors: Peter Rohloff, Kildare Miranda, Juliany C F Rodrigues, Jianmin Fang, Melina Galizzi, Helmut Plattner, Joachim Hentschel, Silvia N J Moreno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3081817?pdf=render