Conditional expression of apical membrane antigen 1 in Plasmodium falciparum shows it is required for erythrocyte invasion by merozoites

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 642-656

  Yap, Alan ^a   Azevedo, Mauro F ^b   Gilson, Paul R ^b   Weiss, Greta E ^b   O'Neill, Matthew T ^a   Wilson, Danny W ^a   Crabb, Brendan S ^b   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

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

^b MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; CRE RECOMBINASE; RAPAMYCIN; APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN I, PLASMODIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOXP SITE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEROZOITE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CELL VACUOLE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENDOCYTOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEROZOITES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VACUOLES;

EID: 84898545498     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12287     Document Type: Article

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