Functional profiles of orphan membrane transporters in the life cycle of the malaria parasite
The functions of many putative membrane transport proteins of malaria parasites are unknown. Here, Kenthirapalan et al. use mutant strains carrying targeted gene deletions to study the functions of 35 such proteins during the life cycle of Plasmodium bergheiin mosquito and mouse hosts.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10519 |