The ApiAP2 factor PfAP2-HC is an integral component of heterochromatin in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Summary: Malaria parasites undergo a complex life cycle in the human host and the mosquito vector. The ApiAP2 family of DNA-binding proteins plays a dominant role in parasite development and life cycle progression. Most ApiAP2 factors studied to date act as transcription factors regulating stage-spe...

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Main Authors: Eilidh Carrington, Roel Henrikus Martinus Cooijmans, Dominique Keller, Christa Geeke Toenhake, Richárd Bártfai, Till Steffen Voss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221004120