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Functional characterization of the alveolins, a family of cytoskeleton proteins of malaria parasites

2016-01-01

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Malaria remains one of the most serious infectious parasitic diseases in humans. A shared cellular feature of the motile and invasive stages (zoites) of malaria parasites is the presence of a unique cortical cytoskeletal structure named the subpellicular network (SPN), which forms an internal cytoskeletal basket providing mechanical strength to the cell. Malaria parasites have three distinct zoite stages: the mero...

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Literature Corpus work: 77107f15-81dc-5944-9961-bb8c7f6e3869
DOI: 10.17037/pubs.02837742

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