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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Main Authors: Crosnier, Cécile, Bustamante, Leyla Y., Bartholdson, S. Josefin, Bei, Amy K., Theron, Michel, Uchikawa, Makoto, Mboup, Souleymane, Ndir, Omar, Kwiatkowski, Dominic P., Duraisingh, Manoj T., Rayner, Julian C., Wright, Gavin J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3245779/