Characterization of the Malaria Pigment (Hemozoin) from the Avian Malaria Parasite Plasmodium lophurae* |
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| Authors: | IRWIN W SHERMAN IRWIN P TING JUDITH A RUBLE |
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| Institution: | Department of Life Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92502 |
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| Abstract: | SYNOPSIS. Plasmodium lophurae hemozoin (malaria pigment) is a heme-containing protein which is distinctly different from hemoglobin and hematin by immunologic, spectrophotometric, fingerprint, heme-iron, gel filtration, and starch gel electrophoretic analyses. The calculated average molecular weight of P. lophurae hemozoin is ca. 40,000. Hemozoin contains at least 3 antigenic components and shows some indication of cross-reaction with hemoglobin. |
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