<i>Plasmodium</i> liver stage developmental arrest by depletion of a protein at the parasite–host interface

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Plasmodium parasites of mammals, including the species that cause malaria in humans, infect the liver first and develop there into clinically silent liver stages. Liver stages grow and ultimately produce thousands of first-generation merozoites, which initiate the erythrocytic cycles causing malaria pathology. Here, we present a Plasmodium protein with a critical function for complete liver stage development....

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