Functional characterization of plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding like protein homologue 1 (PfRH1)

• Main Author: Yap, Sally Shu Lin
• Other Authors: Peter Rainer Preiser
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/62235
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Human malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum, invade human erythrocytes through multiple ligand-receptor interactions. One of the protein families involved in invasion, reticulocyte binding like protein homologues (PfRHs) has been suggested to be involved in host cell selection. Erythrocyte intrac...