Expression of a type B RIFIN in Plasmodium falciparum merozoites and gametes

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Mwakalinga Steven B, Wang Christian W, Bengtsson Dominique C, Turner Louise, Dinko Bismarck, Lusingu John P, Arnot David E, Sutherland Colin J, Theander Thor G, Lavstsen Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2012
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Rif
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-429; https://doaj.org/article/6d27dedd531f4b0f85971373f67a0cb6

Abstract Background The ability of Plasmodium falciparum to undergo antigenic variation, by switching expression among protein variants encoded by multigene families, such as var , rif and stevor , is key to the survival of this parasite in the human host. The RIFIN protein family can be divided int...