Genetic diversity in new members of the reticulocyte binding protein family in Thai plasmodium vivax isolate

• Main Authors: Varakorn Kosaisavee, Usa Lek-Uthai, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Anne Charlotte Gruner, Bruce Russell, Francois Nosten, Laurent Renia, Georges Snounou, อุษา เล็กอุทัย
• Other Authors: Mahidol university. Faculty of Public Health. Department of Parasitology and Entomology
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Genetic Diversity; Reticulocyte; Binding Protein; Thai; Plasmodium Vivax Isolate; Open Access article
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/2552
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background : Plasmodium vivax merozoites specifically invade reticulocytes. Until recently, two reticulocyte-binding proteins (Pvrbp1 and Pvrbp2) expressed at the apical pole of the P. vivax merozoite were considered to be involved in reticulocyte recognition. The genome sequence recently obtained...