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Shedding of TRAP by a rhomboid protease from the malaria sporozoite surface is essential for gliding motility and sporozoite infectivity.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2012
Ejigiri Ijeoma, Ragheb Daniel R T, Pino Paco, Coppi Alida, Bennett Brandy Lee, Soldati-Favre Dominique, Sinnis Photini
Abstract excerpt
Plasmodium sporozoites, the infective stage of the malaria parasite, move by gliding motility, a unique form of locomotion required for tissue migration and host cell invasion. TRAP, a transmembrane protein with extracellular adhesive domains and a cytoplasmic tail linked to the actomyosin motor,...
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