Dihydroorotic Acid Dehydrogenase: Introduction into Erythrocyte by the Malaria Parasite

Authors :: Robert S. Krooth
Raymond Ma
Kuang-dong Wuu
Source :: Science. 164:1073-1075
Publication Year :: 1969
Publisher :: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1969.
Abstract: Mature, circulating mammalian erythrocytes lack dihydroorotic acid dehydrogenase activity. However, we have detected activity, which appears to reside in an enzyme, in malaria parasites purified from mammalian blood.

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