Plasmodium berghei Gamete Egress Protein is required for fertility of both genders

Abstract Male and female Plasmodium gametocytes ingested by the Anopheles mosquitoes during a blood meal egress from the red blood cells by rupturing the two surrounding membranes, the parasitophorous vacuole and the red blood cell membranes. Proteins of the so‐called osmiophilic bodies, (OBs), secr...

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Main Authors: Maria Andreadaki, Tomasino Pace, Felicia Grasso, Inga Siden‐Kiamos, Stefania Mochi, Leonardo Picci, Lucia Bertuccini, Marta Ponzi, Chiara Currà
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-07-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1038