The essential malaria protein PfCyRPA targets glycans to invade erythrocytes
Summary: Plasmodium falciparum is a human-adapted apicomplexan parasite that causes the most dangerous form of malaria. P. falciparum cysteine-rich protective antigen (PfCyRPA) is an invasion complex protein essential for erythrocyte invasion. The precise role of PfCyRPA in this process has not been...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-04-01
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Series: | Cell Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724003401 |