Plasmodium falciparum adapts its investment into replication versus transmission according to the host environment
The malaria parasite life cycle includes asexual replication in human blood, with a proportion of parasites differentiating to gametocytes required for transmission to mosquitoes. Commitment to differentiate into gametocytes, which is marked by activation of the parasite transcription factor <...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife
2023
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