The Plasmodium falciparum Genome-- a Blueprint for Erythrocyte Invasion
- 4 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 298 (5591), 126-128
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1078169
Abstract
Erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum involves multiple ligand-receptor interactions and numerous apparent redundancies. The genome sequence of this parasite reveals new gene families encoding proteins that appear to mediate erythrocyte invasion.Keywords
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