A conserved Plasmodium structural integrity maintenance protein (SIMP) is associated with sporozoite membrane and is essential for maintaining shape and infectivity
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DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14894
Abstract: Plasmodium sporozoites are extracellular forms introduced during mosquito bite that selectively invade mammalian hepatocytes. Sporozoites are delimited by a cell membrane that is linked to the underlying actoâmyosin molecular motor. While membrane proteins with roles… read more here.
Keywords: structural integrity; protein; membrane; simp ... See more keywords