PfCG2, a Plasmodium falciparum protein peripherally associated with the parasitophorous vacuolar membrane, is expressed in the period of maximum hemoglobin uptake and digestion by trophozoites

Roland A. Cooper, Janni Papakrivos, Kristen D. Lane, Hisashi Fujioka, Klaus Lingelbach, Thomas E. Wellems

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Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)167-176
Number of pages10
JournalMolecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Volume144
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2005
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We thank Robert Ridley for Ro43-4088, Sucharit Bhakdi for recombinant streptolysin O, Brenda Rae Marshall for editorial assistance and members of the Plasmodium genome groups at The Institute for Genomic Research and The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute for access to sequence information on the internet. JP and KL were supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. This research was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, NIAID.

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesZ01AI000483
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Parasitology
    • Molecular Biology

    Keywords

    • Malaria
    • Endocytosis
    • Phagocytosis
    • Protein trafficking
    • Proteases

    Disciplines

    • Microbiology
    • Parasitology

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