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A repeat sequence domain of the ring-exported protein-1 of Plasmodium falciparum controls export machinery architecture and virulence protein trafficking.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Dec 2015
McHugh Emma, Batinovic Steven, Hanssen Eric, McMillan Paul J, Kenny Shannon, Griffin Michael D W, Crawford Simon, Trenholme Katharine R, Gardiner Donald L, Dixon Matthew W A, Tilley Leann
Abstract excerpt
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum dramatically remodels its host red blood cell to enhance its own survival, using a secretory membrane system that it establishes outside its own cell. Cisternal organelles, called Maurer's clefts, act as a staging point for the forward trafficking of virulence proteins to the red blood cell (RBC) membrane. The Ring-EXported Protein-1 (REX1) is a Maurer's cleft resident...
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