Malaria parasites regulate intra-erythrocytic development duration via serpentine receptor 10 to coordinate with host rhythms

oleh: Amit K. Subudhi, Aidan J. O’Donnell, Abhinay Ramaprasad, Hussein M. Abkallo, Abhinav Kaushik, Hifzur R. Ansari, Alyaa M. Abdel-Haleem, Fathia Ben Rached, Osamu Kaneko, Richard Culleton, Sarah E. Reece, Arnab Pain

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2020-06-01

Deskripsi

The mechanism underlying periodicity of Plasmodium’s intra-erythrocytic developmental cycle (IDC) is unclear. Here, Subudhi et al. show that serpentine receptor 10 (SR10) plays a role in regulating the schedule of the IDC in line with the timing of host daily rhythms.