The Plasmodium PHIST and RESA-Like Protein Families of Human and Rodent Malaria Parasites.

The phist gene family has members identified across the Plasmodium genus, defined by the presence of a domain of roughly 150 amino acids having conserved aromatic residues and an all alpha-helical structure. The family is highly amplified in P. falciparum, with 65 predicted genes in the genome of th...

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Main Authors: Cristina K Moreira, Bernina Naissant, Alida Coppi, Brandy L Bennett, Elena Aime, Blandine Franke-Fayard, Chris J Janse, Isabelle Coppens, Photini Sinnis, Thomas J Templeton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4811531?pdf=render