Two 20-Residue-Long Peptides Derived from <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> Merozoite Surface Protein 10 EGF-Like Domains Are Involved in Binding to Human Reticulocytes
<i>Plasmodium</i> parasites’ invasion of their target cells is a complex, multi-step process involving many protein-protein interactions. Little is known about how complex the interaction with target cells is in <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> and few surface molecules related to ret...
Main Authors: | Laura Alejandra Ricaurte-Contreras, Andrea Lovera, Darwin Andrés Moreno-Pérez, Michel David Bohórquez, Carlos Fernando Suárez, Elizabeth Gutiérrez-Vásquez, Laura Cuy-Chaparro, Diego Garzón-Ospina, Manuel Alfonso Patarroyo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/4/1609 |
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