Plasmodium reichenowi EBA-140 merozoite ligand binds to glycophorin D on chimpanzee red blood cells, shedding new light on origins of Plasmodium falciparum

BACKGROUND: All symptoms of malaria are caused by the intraerythrocytic proliferation of Plasmodium merozoites. Merozoites invade erythrocytes using multiple binding ligands that recognise specific surface receptors. It has been suggested that adaptation of Plasmodium parasites to infect specific ho...

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Autores principales: Zerka, Agata, Kaczmarek, Radoslaw, Czerwinski, Marcin, Jaskiewicz, Ewa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2507-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2507-8

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