Release of Plasmodium sporozoites requires proteins with histone-fold dimerization domains
oleh: Chiara Currà, Renate Gessmann, Tomasino Pace, Leonardo Picci, Giulia Peruzzi, Vassiliki Varamogianni-Mamatsi, Lefteris Spanos, Célia R. S. Garcia, Roberta Spaccapelo, Marta Ponzi, Inga Siden-Kiamos
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-12-01 |
Deskripsi
Oocyst rupture and release of malaria sporozoites is needed for transmission of parasites from vector to humans. Here the authors identify two proteins, which they name ORP1 and ORP2, that form heterodimers and are required for oocyst rupture.