Recent work has shown that acidocalcisomes, which are electron-dense acidic organelles
rich in calcium and polyphosphate, are the only organelles that have been conserved during …

Introduction 3. Structure and formation of the DV 4. Hemoglobin digestion 5. Ion
homeostasis 5.1. pH homeostasis 5.2. Calcium homeostasis 6. Transporters in the DV …

* Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São
Paulo 05508-90, Brasil† Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Sperimentali, Centro CNR …

The host hormone melatonin increases cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration and synchronizes
Plasmodium cell cycle (Hotta, CT, ML Gazarini, FH Beraldo, FP Varotti, C. Lopes, RP …

Endocytosis is a fundamental process of eukaryotic cells and fulfills numerous functions,
most notably, that of macromolecular nutrient uptake. Malaria parasites invade red blood …

Plasmodium berghei trophozoites were loaded with the fluorescent calcium indicator, fura-2
acetoxymethyl ester, to measure their intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+] i).[Ca2+] i …

The acidic food vacuole exerts several important functions during intraerythrocytic
development of the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Hemoglobin taken up …

As it grows and replicates within the erythrocytes of its host the malaria parasite takes up
nutrients from the extracellular medium, exports metabolites and maintains a tight control …

Improved control of Plasmodium vivax malaria can be achieved with the discovery of new
antimalarials with radical cure efficacy, including prevention of relapse caused by …

The regulation of intracellular Ca2+ in the intraerythrocytic form of the human malaria
parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, was investigated using parasites 'isolated'from their host …