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Two functional reticulocyte binding-like (RBL) invasion ligands of zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi exhibit differential adhesion to monkey and human erythrocytes

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium knowlesi is a monkey malaria species that is becoming a serious public health concern infecting hundreds and perhaps thousands of humans in Southeast Asia. Invasion of erythrocytes by merozoites entails a cascade of molecular interactions. One step involves the adhesion of Pla...

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Autores principales: Semenya, Amma A, Tran, Tuan M, Meyer, Esmeralda VS, Barnwell, John W, Galinski, Mary R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3464698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22770469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-228