Selective permeabilization of infected host cells with pore-forming proteins provides a novel tool to study protein synthesis and viability of the intracellular apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii

Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2001 Jan 15;112(1):133-7. doi: 10.1016/s0166-6851(00)00343-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Cell Membrane Permeability / drug effects*
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Macrophages / parasitology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Plasmodium falciparum / growth & development*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / metabolism
  • Protozoan Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Ricin / pharmacology
  • Streptolysins / pharmacology*
  • Toxoplasma / growth & development*
  • Toxoplasma / metabolism
  • Toxoplasmosis / parasitology

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Protozoan Proteins
  • Streptolysins
  • streptolysin O
  • Ricin