Structural insights into chondroitin sulphate A binding Duffy-binding-like domains from <it>Plasmodium falciparum</it>: implications for intervention strategies against placental malaria
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Placental malaria is typified by selective clustering of <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>in the intervillous blood spaces of the placenta. Sequestration of malaria parasite in the human placenta is mediated by interactions...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-04-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/67 |