Plasmodium falciparum variant STEVOR antigens are expressed in merozoites and possibly associated with erythrocyte invasion

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum STEVOR proteins, encoded by the multicopy stevor gene family have no known biological functions. Their expression and unique locations in different parasite life cycle stages evoke multiple functionalities. Their abundance and hypervariability support a role in anti...

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Autores principales: Khattab, Ayman, Bonow, Insa, Schreiber, Nadine, Petter, Michaela, Schmetz, Christel, Klinkert, Mo-Quen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18651957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-137

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526088/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18651957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-137

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