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Genetic diversity in new members of the reticulocyte binding protein family in Thai Plasmodium vivax isolates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Kosaisavee Varakorn, Lek-Uthai Usa, Suwanarusk Rossarin, Grüner Anne Charlotte, Russell Bruce, Nosten Francois, Rénia Laurent, Snounou Georges
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium vivax merozoites specifically invade reticulocytes. Until recently, two reticulocyte-binding proteins (Pvrbp1 and Pvrbp2) expressed at the apical pole of the P. vivax merozoite were considered to be involved in reticulocyte recognition. The genome sequence recently obtained...
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