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Effect of malaria parasite shape on its alignment at erythrocyte membrane

During the blood stage of malaria pathogenesis, parasites invade healthy red blood cells (RBC) to multiply inside the host and evade the immune response. When attached to RBC, the parasite first has to align its apex with the membrane for a successful invasion. Since the parasite’s apex sits at the...

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Autores principales: Dasanna, Anil K, Hillringhaus, Sebastian, Gompper, Gerhard, Fedosov, Dmitry A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8331178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286696
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68818