EXPRESs Plasmids for Plasmodium falciparum
This is a collection of plasmids that was created for systematic screening of extracellular protein interactions to identify novel receptor-ligand interactions that function in the invasion of the human erythrocyte by the blood stage of the malaria parasite, P. falciparum . Please see the following reference for more information:
- Basigin is a receptor essential for erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum. Crosnier C et al., Nature. 2011 Nov 9;480(7378):534-7. PubMed 22080952