Binding brain better—matching var genes and endothelial receptors
Abstract Cerebral malaria remains a major cause of death for African children, and mechanistic insights regarding the establishment of brain pathology are greatly needed. Expression of specific domains of parasite's var genes promoting brain adhesion of infected erythrocytes had been previously...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2019-02-01
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Series: | EMBO Molecular Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201810137 |