Identification of Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 (PfEMP1) as the Rosetting Ligand of the Malaria Parasite P. falciparum

Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria is characterized by excessive sequestration of infected and uninfected erythrocytes in the microvasculature of the affected organ. Rosetting, the adhesion of P. falciparum–infected erythrocytes to uninfected erythrocytes is a virulent parasite phenotype associate...

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Main Authors: Chen, Qijun, Barragan, Antonio, Fernandez, Victor, Sundström, Annika, Schlichtherle, Martha, Sahlén, Anders, Carlson, Johan, Datta, Santanu, Wahlgren, Mats
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1998
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2199182/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9419207
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