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Plasmepsin V licenses Plasmodium proteins for export into the host erythrocyte.
Nature - 4 Feb 2010
Russo Ilaria, Babbitt Shalon, Muralidharan Vasant, Butler Tamira, Oksman Anna, Goldberg Daniel E
Abstract excerpt
During their intraerythrocytic development, malaria parasites export hundreds of proteins to remodel their host cell. Nutrient acquisition, cytoadherence and antigenic variation are among the key virulence functions effected by this erythrocyte takeover. Proteins destined for export are synthesiz...
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