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Is Saglin a mosquito salivary gland receptor for Plasmodium falciparum?

BACKGROUND: Saglin, a 100 kDa protein composed of two 50 kDa homodimers, is present in the salivary glands of Anopheles gambiae and has been considered an essential receptor for sporozoites (SPZ) of Plasmodium berghei and Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), allowing SPZ to recognize, bind to, and infect mos...

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Autores principales: O’Brochta, David A., Alford, Robert, Harrell, Robert, Aluvihare, Channa, Eappen, Abraham G., Li, Tao, Chakravarty, Sumana, Sim, B. Kim Lee, Hoffman, Stephen L., Billingsley, Peter F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6317240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30602380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2634-5