Epistasis studies reveal redundancy among calcium-dependent protein kinases in motility and invasion of malaria parasites

Despite functional optimisation during evolution of parasitism, most members of a calcium dependent protein kinase (CDPK) family show genetic redundancy in Plasmodium. Here, the authors screen 294 genetic interactions among protein kinases in Plasmodium and show how some CDPKs functionally interact...

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Main Authors: Hanwei Fang, Ana Rita Gomes, Natacha Klages, Paco Pino, Bohumil Maco, Eloise M. Walker, Zenon A. Zenonos, Fiona Angrisano, Jake Baum, Christian Doerig, David A. Baker, Oliver Billker, Mathieu Brochet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06733-w