Selective upregulation of a single distinctly structured var gene in chondroitin sulphate A‐adhering Plasmodium falciparum involved in pregnancy‐associated malaria
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- 30 May 2003
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- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 49 (1), 179-191
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03570.x
Abstract
Cytoadhesion of infected red blood cells (iRBC) is mediated through parasite-encoded, clonally variant surface antigens (VSA) and is a central process in the pathogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum mal...Keywords
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