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Using chemical and structural biology to dissect the Plasmodium invasion motor complex

2014-01-01

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Motility is a key feature of the complex life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, the apicomplexan parasite that causes human malaria. In particular, the invasion of erythrocytes by blood stages known as merozoites represents the gateway to symptomatic disease. The motive force required for this process is thought to be provided by a conserved actomyosin motor consisting of an unusual myosin (myoA) that is part of a m...

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Literature Corpus work: 2614fa2c-19a9-5628-852a-caf485bb0ceb
DOI: 10.25560/33128

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