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Expression switching in the stevor and Pfmc-2TM superfamilies in Plasmodium falciparum.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jun 2007
Lavazec Catherine, Sanyal Sohini, Templeton Thomas J
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium falciparum possesses two multigenic families, var and rif, the products of which are expressed on the surface of infected erythrocytes, where via antigenic variation they contribute to malaria pathogenesis and evasion of antibody-mediated host immunity. The products of two smaller gene families, stevor and Pfmc-2TM, also localize to the erythrocyte membrane, although it is not known if they undergo...
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