Epigenetic silencing of Plasmodium falciparum genes linked to erythrocyte invasion.

The process of erythrocyte invasion by merozoites of Plasmodium falciparum involves multiple steps, including the formation of a moving junction between parasite and host cell, and it is characterised by the redundancy of many of the receptor-ligand interactions involved. Several parasite proteins t...

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Main Authors: Alfred Cortés, Celine Carret, Osamu Kaneko, Brian Y S Yim Lim, Alasdair Ivens, Anthony A Holder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1937010?pdf=render