Electronic Resource
[s.l.]
:
Nature Publishing Group
Nature medicine
13 (2007), S. 667-669
ISSN:
1546-170X
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
[Auszug] When malaria parasites infect host erythrocytes, they feed on hemoglobin, releasing large quantities of free heme. By catalyzing free radical reactions, free heme is poisonous to both parasite and host. Malaria parasites express a polymerase that converts heme to nontoxic hemozoin. Chloroquine and ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm0607-667
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