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Erythrocyte glycophorins as receptors for Plasmodium merozoites

Glycophorins are heavily glycosylated sialoglycoproteins of human and animal erythrocytes. In humans, there are four glycophorins: A, B, C and D. Glycophorins play an important role in the invasion of red blood cells (RBCs) by malaria parasites, which involves several ligands binding to RBC receptor...

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Autores principales: Jaskiewicz, Ewa, Jodłowska, Marlena, Kaczmarek, Radosław, Zerka, Agata
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/PMC6591965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31234897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3575-8