The Cinderella syndrome: why do malaria-infected cells burst at midnight?

An interesting quirk of many malaria infections is that all parasites within a host - millions of them - progress through their cell cycle synchronously. This surprising coordination has long been recognized, yet there is little understanding of what controls it or why it has evolved. Interestingly,...

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Main Authors: Mideo, N, Reece, SE, Smith, A, Metcalf, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013