The gametocyte‐activating factor xanthurenic acid stimulates an increase in membrane‐associated guanylyl cyclase activity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Abstract
Sex is an obligate step in the life cycle of the malaria parasite and occurs in the midgut of the mosquito vector. With both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium berghei, the tryptophan metabolite xa...