Role of a specific member of 235 kDa multigene family (Py235) of the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium yoelii in parasite mediated virulence

• Main Author: Bapat, Devaki Dinesh
• Other Authors: Peter Rainer Preiser
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Microorganisms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The mechanism by which the invasive form of the malaria parasites, the merozoite, selects and successfully invades an erythrocyte involves numerous receptor-ligand interactions. Recognition of specific erythrocyte receptor by the merozoite is mediated by at least two gene families: the Reticulocyte...