Molecular Analysis of Erythrocyte Invasion in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Senegal
Jennings CV, Ahouidi AD, Zilversmit M, Bei AK, Rayner J, Sarr O, Ndir O, Wirth DF, Mboup S, Duraisingh MT. Molecular Analysis of Erythrocyte Invasion in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from Senegal. Infection And Immunity 2007, 75: 3531-3538. PMID: 17470537, PMCID: PMC1932937, DOI: 10.1128/iai.00122-07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasion pathwaysSequence polymorphismsMolecular analysisDistinct invasion pathwaysC-terminal regionMalaria parasitesSpecific sequence variantsGene amplificationHuman malaria parasiteLigand-receptor interactionsExpression polymorphismsRepeat regionProtein expression levelsSequence deletionsHomolog familyMultiple ligand-receptor interactionsLarge sequence deletionsSequence variantsSignificant sequence polymorphismErythrocyte invasionErythrocyte receptorP. falciparum parasitesExpression levelsPfRh1Low transmission areas