Plasmodium berghei Cap93, a novel oocyst capsule-associated protein, plays a role in sporozoite development

Plasmodium berghei Cap93, a novel oocyst capsule-associated protein, plays a role in sporozoite development

Abstract Background Disruption of Plasmodium oocyst capsule protein (PbCap380), and an oocyst wall interior protein, circumsporozoite protein, results in sporozoites not being formed, despite the formation of oocysts, and prevents malaria transmission. Therefore, these key oocyst capsule-associated...

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Main Authors: Hanae Sasaki, Harumi Sekiguchi, Makoto Sugiyama, Hiromi Ikadai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Plasmodium berghei
oocyst
PbCap93
Sporozoite
Knocked out parasite
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2337-8

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