Erratum: Corrigendum: The malaria parasite egress protease SUB1 is a calcium-dependent redox switch subtilisin
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Corrigendum: The malaria parasite egress protease SUB1 is a calcium-dependent redox switch subtilisin
Malaria is caused by a protozoan parasite that replicates within an intraerythrocytic parasitophorous vacuole. Release (egress) of malaria merozoites from the host erythrocyte is a highly regulated and calcium-dependent event that is critical for disease progression. Minutes before egress, an essential parasite serine protease called SUB1 is discharged into the parasitophorous vacuole, where it...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Communications
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5031