Genetic diversity in new members of the reticulocyte binding protein family in Thai Plasmodium vivax isolates.

Plasmodium vivax merozoites specifically invade reticulocytes. Until recently, two reticulocyte-binding proteins (Pvrbp1 and Pvrbp2) expressed at the apical pole of the P. vivax merozoite were considered to be involved in reticulocyte recognition. The genome sequence recently obtained for the Salvad...

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Main Authors: Varakorn Kosaisavee, Usa Lek-Uthai, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Anne Charlotte Grüner, Bruce Russell, Francois Nosten, Laurent Rénia, Georges Snounou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3293883?pdf=render