A novel ligand from Plasmodium falciparum that binds to a sialic acid‐containing receptor on the surface of human erythrocytes
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- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (1) , 47-58
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02484.x
Abstract
Invasion of the merozoite form of Plasmodium falciparum into human erythrocytes involves multiple receptor–ligand interactions. The EBA175 protein of P. falciparum has been shown to be the ligand tha...Keywords
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