Plasmodium falciparum Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 2 Is Critical for Male Gametocyte Exflagellation but Not Essential for Asexual Proliferation
Drug development efforts have focused mostly on the asexual blood stages of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Except for primaquine, which has its own limitations, there are no available drugs that target the transmission of the parasite to mosquitoes. Therefore, there is a need to validat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-10-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/e01656-17 |