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Functional analysis of proteins involved in <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> merozoite invasion of red blood cells
26 Jun 2000
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum causes the most lethal form of malaria in humans and is responsible for over two million deaths per year. The development of a vaccine against this parasite is an urgent priority and potential protein targets include those on the surface of the asexual merozoite stage, the form that invades the host erythrocyte. The development of methods to transfect P. falciparum has enabled the...
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