An essential role of the basal body protein SAS-6 in Plasmodium male gamete development and malaria transmission.
Gametocytes are the sole Plasmodium parasite stages that infect mosquitoes; therefore development of functional gametes is required for malaria transmission. Flagellum assembly of the Plasmodium male gamete differs from that of most other eukaryotes in that it is intracytoplasmic but retains a key c...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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