Invasion of host cells by malaria parasites: A tale of two protein families

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-249

  Iyer, Jayasree ^a   Grüner, Anne Charlotte ^b,c   Rénia, Laurent ^b,c   Snounou, Georges ^d   Preiser, Peter R ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

CELL INVASION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RETICULOCYTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; LIGANDS; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 34447313114     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05791.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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