A novel role for EXP2 in invasion by Plasmodium sporozoites

Plasmodium parasites, the causative agents of malaria, possess a translocon that exports parasite proteins into the infected erythrocyte, beyond the confines of the parasite. The parasite pore-forming protein Exported Protein 2 (EXP2) is a component of this translocon and the pore through which prot...

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Main Author: Mello-Vieira, Joao (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/54884
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/54884