Cooperativity between Plasmodium falciparum adhesive proteins for invasion into erythrocytes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-589

  Desimone, Tiffany M ^a   Jennings, Cameron V ^a   Bei, Amy K ^a   Comeaux, Christy ^a   Coleman, Bradley I ^a   Refour, Philippe ^a   Triglia, Tony ^b   Stubbs, Janine ^b   Cowman, Alan F ^b   Duraisingh, Manoj T ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PFRH2A; PROTEIN PFRH2B; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE DISRUPTION; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ERYTHROCYTES; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 65349091341     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06667.x     Document Type: Article

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