A Specific PfEMP1 Is Expressed in P. falciparum Sporozoites and Plays a Role in Hepatocyte Infection

A Specific PfEMP1 Is Expressed in P. falciparum Sporozoites and Plays a Role in Hepatocyte Infection

Summary: Heterochromatin plays a central role in the process of immune evasion, pathogenesis, and transmission of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum during blood stage infection. Here, we use ChIP sequencing to demonstrate that sporozoites from mosquito salivary glands expand heterochromatin...

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Main Authors: Gigliola Zanghì, Shruthi S. Vembar, Sebastian Baumgarten, Shuai Ding, Julien Guizetti, Jessica M. Bryant, Denise Mattei, Anja T.R. Jensen, Laurent Rénia, Yun Shan Goh, Robert Sauerwein, Cornelus C. Hermsen, Jean-François Franetich, Mallaury Bordessoulles, Olivier Silvie, Valérie Soulard, Olivier Scatton, Patty Chen, Salah Mecheri, Dominique Mazier, Artur Scherf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718302705

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