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| Title |
Improved methods for magnetic purification of malaria parasites and haemozoin
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, January 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-9-17 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Charles C Kim, Emily B Wilson, Joseph L DeRisi |
| Abstract |
Malaria parasites generate free haem upon catabolism of host haemoglobin during their intraerythrocytic growth cycle. In order to minimize oxidative toxicity of the ferric iron, the free haem molecules are polymerized into the biomineral beta-haematin (commonly referred to as haemozoin). Haemozoin crystals are paramagnetic, and this property can be exploited for the purification of late stage parasites as they contain larger haemozoin crystals than early stage parasites and uninfected cells. Commercially available magnets that were originally developed for the purpose of antibody-mediated cell purification are widely used for this purpose. As these methods are not necessarily optimized for parasite purification, the relationship between magnetic field strength and the quantity and quality of yield during parasite purification was explored. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 109 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 102 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 30% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 14 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 40 | 37% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 16 | 15% |
| Engineering | 13 | 12% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 8 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 8% |
| Unknown | 16 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 April 2021.
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#6,413,521
of 22,786,691 outputs
Outputs from Malaria Journal
#1,852
of 5,560 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#41,360
of 164,953 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Malaria Journal
#16
of 38 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 5,560 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.8. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its peers.
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