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Targeting mosquito FREP1 with a fungal metabolite blocks malaria transmission

Inhibiting Plasmodium development in mosquitoes will block malaria transmission. Fibrinogen-related protein 1 (FREP1) is critical for parasite infection in Anopheles gambiae and facilitates Plasmodium invasion in mosquitoes through interacting with gametocytes and ookinetes. To test the hypothesis t...

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Autores principales: Niu, Guodong, Wang, Bin, Zhang, Genwei, King, Jarrod B., Cichewicz, Robert H., Li, Jun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26437882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14694