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Band 3 modifications in Plasmodium falciparum-infected AA and CC erythrocytes assayed by autocorrelation analysis using quantum dots.
Journal of cell science - 1 Mar 2005
Tokumasu Fuyuki, Fairhurst Rick M, Ostera Graciela R, Brittain Nathaniel J, Hwang Jeeseong, Wellems Thomas E, Dvorak James A
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The molecular stability of hemoglobin is critical for normal erythrocyte functions, including oxygen transport. Hemoglobin C (HbC) is a mutant hemoglobin that has increased oxidative susceptibility due to an amino acid substitution (beta6: Glu to Lys). The growth of Plasmodium falciparum is abnormal in homozygous CC erythrocytes in vitro, and CC individuals show innate protection against severe P. falciparum...
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