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SOAP, a novel malaria ookinete protein involved in mosquito midgut invasion and oocyst development.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 2003
Dessens Johannes T, Sidén-Kiamos Inga, Mendoza Jacqui, Mahairaki Vassiliki, Khater Emad, Vlachou Dina, Xu Xiao-Jin, Kafatos Fotis C, Louis Christos, Dimopoulos George, Sinden Robert E
Abstract excerpt
An essential, but poorly understood part of malaria transmission by mosquitoes is the development of the ookinetes into the sporozoite-producing oocysts on the mosquito midgut wall. For successful oocyst formation newly formed ookinetes in the midgut lumen must enter, traverse, and exit the midgu...
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