Band 3–mediated Plasmodium vivax invasion is associated with transcriptional variation in PvTRAg genes

The Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte invasion process is still poorly understood, with only a few receptor-ligand interactions identified to date. Individuals with the Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) phenotype have a deletion in the band 3 protein on the surface of erythrocytes, and are reported to...

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Main Authors: Katlijn De Meulenaere, Surendra Kumar Prajapati, Elizabeth Villasis, Bart Cuypers, Johanna Helena Kattenberg, Bernadine Kasian, Moses Laman, Leanne J. Robinson, Dionicia Gamboa, Kris Laukens, Anna Rosanas-Urgell
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1011692/full