Phenotypic variation of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite proteins directs receptor targeting for invasion of human erythrocytes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1047-1057

  Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a   Triglia, Tony ^a   Ralph, Stuart A ^b   Rayner, Julian C ^c   Barnwell, John W ^c   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^b   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasion; Malaria; Merozoite; P.falciparum; Targeted gene disruption

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2; PROTEIN PFRH2A; PROTEIN PFRH2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL LINE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RETICULOCYTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENDOCYTOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE TARGETING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAMINIDASE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRYPSIN;

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037416197     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg096     Document Type: Article

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