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food vacuole

Known as: digestive vacuole 
Vacuole within a parasite used for digestion of the host cell cytoplasm. An example of this component is found in the Apicomplexa. [GOC:mb]
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2017
2017
Analysis of Plasmodium vivax Chloroquine Resistance Transporter Mutant Isoforms.
Chloroquine (CQ) resistance (CQR) in Plasmodium falciparum malaria is widespread and has limited the use of CQ in many regions of… 
2014
2014
Full-Length Sequence Analysis of Chloroquine Resistance Transporter Gene in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Sabah, Malaysia
Chloroquine resistance (CQR) in falciparum malaria was identified to be associated with several mutations in the chloroquine… 
2011
2011
Inbred laboratory cultures and natural trematode transmission under climate change.
2009
2009
Evidence for Catalytic Roles for Plasmodium falciparum Aminopeptidase P in the Food Vacuole and Cytosol*
The metalloenzyme aminopeptidase P catalyzes the hydrolysis of amino acids from the amino termini of peptides with a prolyl… 
2002
2002
The kinetics of uptake and accumulation of 3,6-bis-omega-diethylamino-amyloxyxanthone by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
1994
1994
Cytodifferentiation in Tetrahymena vorax is linked to glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-anchored protein assembly.
The role of glycosyl-PtdIns (GPI)-anchored proteins in the cytodifferentiation of Tetrahymena vorax was examined. Labelling of… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Plasmodial hemoglobin degradation: an ordered pathway in a specialized organelle.
During its intraerythrocytic development, the malarial parasite devours most of the hemoglobin in its host cell. This enormous… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Plasmodium falciparum: inhibitors of lysosomal cysteine proteinases inhibit a trophozoite proteinase and block parasite development.
1988
1988
Phagosome formation in Paramecium: effects of solid particles.
Digestive vacuole (DV) formation in Paramecium can be separated into four steps: sequestration and recycling of the spent DV… 
1979
1979
Acid hydrolases and their release in food vacuole-less mutants of Tetrahymena thermophila.
Mutants (NP1 and PSJ5) of Tetrahymena thermophila strains B and D 1968 exist that are unable to construct a functional oral… 
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