Female inheritance of malarial lap genes is essential for mosquito transmission.
Members of the LCCL/lectin adhesive-like protein (LAP) family, a family of six putative secreted proteins with predicted adhesive extracellular domains, have all been detected in the sexual and sporogonic stages of Plasmodium and have previously been predicted to play a role in parasite-mosquito int...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-03-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1808070?pdf=render |