Shape-shifting gametocytes: How and why does P. falciparum go banana-shaped?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 471-478

  Dixon, Matthew W A ^a   Dearnley, Megan K ^a   Hanssen, Eric ^a   Gilberger, Tim ^b,c   Tilley, Leann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytoadherence; Deformability; Gametocyte; Inner membrane complex; Plasmodium falciparum; Splenic clearance

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

AVIAN MALARIA; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE FILTERABILITY; GAMETOCYTE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MICROPIPETTE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI MALARIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PROTEIN BINDING; RETICULOCYTE; REVIEW; SPLEEN; TROPHOZOITE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPLEEN;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84867848737     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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