PfMAP-2 is essential for male gametogenesis in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Abstract In malaria parasites, male gametogenesis is a proliferative stage essential for parasite transmission to the mosquito vector. It is a rapid process involving three rounds of genome replication alternating with closed endomitoses, and assembly of axonemes to produce eight flagellated motile...

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Main Authors: Eva Hitz, Aurélia C. Balestra, Mathieu Brochet, Till S. Voss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68717-5