The Exported Chaperone PfHsp70x Is Dispensable for the <named-content content-type="genus-species">Plasmodium falciparum</named-content> Intraerythrocytic Life Cycle

ABSTRACT Export of parasite proteins into the host erythrocyte is essential for survival of Plasmodium falciparum during its asexual life cycle. While several studies described key factors within the parasite that are involved in protein export, the mechanisms employed to traffic exported proteins w...

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Main Authors: David W. Cobb, Anat Florentin, Manuel A. Fierro, Michelle Krakowiak, Julie M. Moore, Vasant Muralidharan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-10-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00363-17