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Plasmodium berghei Δp52&p36 parasites develop independent of a parasitophorous vacuole membrane in Huh-7 liver cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ploemen Ivo H J, Croes Huib J, van Gemert Geert-Jan J, Wijers-Rouw Mietske, Hermsen Cornelus C, Sauerwein Robert W
Abstract excerpt
The proteins P52 and P36 are expressed in the sporozoite stage of the murine malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Δp52&p36 sporozoites lacking expression of both proteins are severely compromised in their capability to develop into liver stage parasites and abort development soon after invasion; presumably due to the absence of a parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM). However, a small proportion of P. berghei...
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