The Plasmodium falciparum blood stages acquire factor H family proteins to evade destruction by human complement

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 573-590

  Rosa, Thiago F A ^a   Flammersfeld, Ansgar ^a   Ngwa, Che J ^a   Kiesow, Meike ^a   Fischer, Rainer ^b   Zipfel, Peter F ^c   Skerka, Christine ^c   Pradel, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; GLIDING ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 50; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENT; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETE; HUMAN; LYSIS; MEROZOITE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCTION; SCHIZONT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84961210394     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12535     Document Type: Article

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