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Molecular analysis of erythrocyte invasion in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Senegal.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 2007
Jennings Cameron V, Ahouidi Ambroise D, Zilversmit Martine, Bei Amy K, Rayner Julian, Sarr Ousmane, Ndir Omar, Wirth Dyann F, Mboup Souleymane, Duraisingh Manoj T
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The human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, utilizes multiple ligand-receptor interactions for the invasion of human erythrocytes. Members of the reticulocyte binding protein homolog (PfRh) family have been shown to be critical for directing parasites to alternative erythrocyte receptors t...
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