Genetic ablation of a Maurer's cleft protein prevents assembly of the Plasmodium falciparum virulence complex

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 982-993

  Dixon, Matthew W A ^b   Kenny, Shannon ^a   Mcmillan, Paul J ^a   Hanssen, Eric ^b   Trenholme, Katharine R ^c   Gardiner, Donald L ^c   Tilley, Leann ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KNOB ASSOCIATED HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN; RING EXPORTED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 2; COMPLEX FORMATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; MAURER CLEFT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TELOMERE;

ANTIGENS, CD36; CELL ADHESION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 80051559807     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07740.x     Document Type: Article

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