Characterization of Pf3D7_0709800, a conserved protein in Plasmodium spp.

• Main Author: Toh, Gee Ann
• Other Authors: Peter Rainer Preiser
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78548
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Plasmodium parasite is a unicellular eukaryote that infects erythrocytes and causes malaria, with Plasmodium falciparum being the most virulent species that is transmitted via mosquitoes and infects humans. Many plasmodium proteins are exported from the parasite into the host red blood cell with...