Analysis of pir gene expression across the Plasmodium life cycle
Abstract Background Plasmodium interspersed repeat (pir) is the largest multigene family in the genomes of most Plasmodium species. A variety of functions for the PIR proteins which they encode have been proposed, including antigenic variation, immune evasion, sequestration and rosetting. However, d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-11-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03979-6 |