Lack of evidence from studies of soluble protein fragments that Knops blood group polymorphisms in complement receptor-type 1 are driven by malaria.

Lack of evidence from studies of soluble protein fragments that Knops blood group polymorphisms in complement receptor-type 1 are driven by malaria.

Complement receptor-type 1 (CR1, CD35) is the immune-adherence receptor, a complement regulator, and an erythroid receptor for Plasmodium falciparum during merozoite invasion and subsequent rosette formation involving parasitized and non-infected erythrocytes. The non-uniform geographical distributi...

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Main Authors: Patience B Tetteh-Quarcoo, Christoph Q Schmidt, Wai-Hong Tham, Richard Hauhart, Haydyn D T Mertens, Arthur Rowe, John P Atkinson, Alan F Cowman, J Alexandra Rowe, Paul N Barlow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3323580?pdf=render

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