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  1. Department of Molecular Microbiology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8230, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA

    Natalie Jane Spillman

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Leann Tilley

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Spillman, N.J., Tilley, L. (2013). pH Regulation. In: Hommel, M., Kremsner, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Malaria. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8757-9_32-1

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