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Comment
. 2007 Aug 28;104(35):13855-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706632104. Epub 2007 Aug 20.

Jammed traffic impedes parasite growth

Eric Beitz  1
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Jammed traffic impedes parasite growth

Eric Beitz. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1.
Proposed metabolic solute pathways in a Plasmodium-infected erythrocyte. Deletion of mouse AQP9 (orange) or the Plasmodium aquaglyceroporin (green) leads to reduced parasite proliferation and virulence. RBCM, red blood cell membrane; PVM, parasitophorous vacuole membrane; PPM, parasite plasma membrane; Hb, hemoglobin; Rh-protein, ammonium transporter of the Rhesus protein family.
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