Binding brain better—matching var genes and endothelial receptors

Cerebral malaria remains a major cause of death for African children, and mechanistic insights regarding the establishment of brain pathology are greatly needed. Expression of specific domains of parasite's var genes promoting brain adhesion of infected erythrocytes had been previously identifi...

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Main Authors: Hannah Fleckenstein, Silvia Portugal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-03-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201810137