The apicoplast link to fever-survival and artemisinin-resistance in the malaria parasite

oleh: Min Zhang, Chengqi Wang, Jenna Oberstaller, Phaedra Thomas, Thomas D. Otto, Debora Casandra, Sandhya Boyapalle, Swamy R. Adapa, Shulin Xu, Katrina Button-Simons, Matthew Mayho, Julian C. Rayner, Michael T. Ferdig, Rays H. Y. Jiang, John H. Adams

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01

Deskripsi

Repeating fever is a hallmark of malaria. Here, a large-scale forward genetic screen in malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum identifies genes associated with parasite tolerance to host fever, including apicoplast targeted isoprenoid biosynthesis—sharing features with artemisinin resistance.