The Digestive Vacuole of the Malaria Parasite: A Specialized Lysosome
The malaria parasite resides within erythrocytes during one stage of its life cycle. During this intraerythrocytic period, the parasite ingests the erythrocyte cytoplasm and digests approximately two-thirds of the host cell hemoglobin. This digestion occurs within a lysosome-like organelle called th...
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MDPI AG
2024-02-01
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| Serija: | Pathogens |
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| Online dostop: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/13/3/182 |