Open AccessKnocking out malaria in one punch
Author(s) -
Rabiya S. Tuma
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1726iti3
Subject(s) - biology , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , parasite hosting , plasmodium (life cycle) , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , world wide web , computer science
![][1] Cells infected by malaria parasites without SBP1 (right) align membranes poorly.When the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum infects red blood cells (RBCs), it makes a protein called PfEMP1 that is displayed on the RBC surface. PfEMP1 sticks the RBCs to vessels walls;
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