Divergent roles for the RH5 complex components, CyRPA and RIPR in human-infective malaria parasites.

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which invade and replicate in erythrocytes. For Plasmodium falciparum, the major cause of severe malaria in humans, a heterotrimeric complex comprised of the secreted parasite proteins, PfCyRPA, PfRIPR and PfRH5 is essential for erythrocyte invasion, mediat...

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Main Authors: Ellen Knuepfer, Katherine E Wright, Surendra Kumar Prajapati, Thomas A Rawlinson, Franziska Mohring, Marion Koch, Oliver R Lyth, Steven A Howell, Elizabeth Villasis, Ambrosius P Snijders, Robert W Moon, Simon J Draper, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Matthew K Higgins, Jake Baum, Anthony A Holder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007809