Multiple essential functions of Plasmodium falciparum actin-1 during malaria blood-stage development
Abstract Background The phylum Apicomplexa includes intracellular parasites causing immense global disease burden, the deadliest of them being the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which invades and replicates within erythrocytes. The cytoskeletal protein actin is well conserved within a...
Main Authors: | Sujaan Das, Leandro Lemgruber, Chwen L. Tay, Jake Baum, Markus Meissner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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Series: | BMC Biology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0406-2 |
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