A new role for an old antimicrobial: lysozyme c-1 can function to protect malaria parasites in Anopheles mosquitoes.
Plasmodium requires an obligatory life stage in its mosquito host. The parasites encounter a number of insults while journeying through this host and have developed mechanisms to avoid host defenses. Lysozymes are a family of important antimicrobial immune effectors produced by mosquitoes in respons...
Main Authors: | Mayur K Kajla, Lei Shi, Bin Li, Shirley Luckhart, Jianyong Li, Susan M Paskewitz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-05-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3089642?pdf=render |
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