Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum.
Erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum is central to the pathogenesis of malaria. Invasion requires a series of extracellular recognition events between erythrocyte receptors and ligands on the merozoite, the invasive form of the parasite. None of the few known receptor-ligand interactions in...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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2011
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