Domain III of Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 binds to the erythrocyte membrane protein Kx
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Domain III of Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 binds to the erythrocyte membrane protein Kx.
Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1) is located in the merozoite micronemes, an organelle that contains receptors for invasion, suggesting that AMA1 may play a role in this process. However, direct evidence that P. falciparum AMA1 binds to human erythrocytes is lacking. In this study, we determined that domain III of AMA1 binds to the erythrocyte membrane protein, Kx, and that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0501594102