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Protein Prenylation and Hsp40 in Thermotolerance of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites

mBio, 2021
During its complex life cycle, the malaria parasite survives dramatic environmental stresses, including large temperature shifts.
Emily S. Mathews, Andrew J. Jezewski, Audrey R. Odom John   +2 more
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Targeted Deletion of a Plasmodium Site-2 Protease Impairs Life Cycle Progression in the Mammalian Host. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Site-2 proteases (S2P) belong to the M50 family of metalloproteases, which typically perform essential roles by mediating activation of membrane-bound transcription factors through regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP).
Konstantinos Koussis, Evi Goulielmaki, Anna Chalari, Chrislaine Withers-Martinez, Inga Siden-Kiamos, Kai Matuschewski, Thanasis G Loukeris   +6 more
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Plasmodium Reproduction, Cell Size, and Transcription: How to Cope With Increasing DNA Content?

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Plasmodium, the unicellular parasite that causes malaria, evolved a highly unusual mode of reproduction. During its complex life cycle, invasive or transmissive stages alternate with proliferating stages, where a single parasite can produce tens of ...
Marta Machado, Marta Machado, Salome Steinke, Markus Ganter   +3 more
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A divergent cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase complex controls the atypical replication of a malaria parasite during gametogony and transmission

eLife, 2020
Cell cycle transitions are generally triggered by variation in the activity of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) bound to cyclins. Malaria-causing parasites have a life cycle with unique cell-division cycles, and a repertoire of divergent CDKs and cyclins ...
Aurélia C Balestra, Mohammad Zeeshan, Edward Rea, Carla Pasquarello, Lorenzo Brusini, Tobias Mourier, Amit Kumar Subudhi, Natacha Klages, Patrizia Arboit, Rajan Pandey, Declan Brady, Sue Vaughan, Anthony A Holder, Arnab Pain, David JP Ferguson, Alexandre Hainard, Rita Tewari, Mathieu Brochet   +17 more
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Checks and balances? DNA replication and the cell cycle in Plasmodium

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
It is over 100 years since the life-cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium was discovered, yet its intricacies remain incompletely understood - a knowledge gap that may prove crucial for our efforts to control the disease.
Holly Matthews, Craig W. Duffy, Catherine J. Merrick   +2 more
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Plasmodium falciparum Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 4 is Critical for Male Gametogenesis and Transmission to the Mosquito Vector

mBio, 2021
Gametocytes of the malaria parasite Plasmodium are taken up by the mosquito vector with an infectious blood meal, representing a critical stage for parasite transmission.
Sudhir Kumar, Meseret T. Haile, Michael R. Hoopmann, Linh T. Tran, Samantha A. Michaels, Seamus R. Morrone, Kayode K. Ojo, Laura M. Reynolds, Ulrike Kusebauch, Ashley M. Vaughan, Robert L. Moritz, Stefan H. I. Kappe, Kristian E. Swearingen   +12 more
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Disease progression in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria is linked to variation in invasion gene family members. [PDF]

, 2014
Emerging pathogens undermine initiatives to control the global health impact of infectious diseases. Zoonotic malaria is no exception. Plasmodium knowlesi, a malaria parasite of Southeast Asian macaques, has entered the human population. P.
A Berry, AA Semenya, AK Bei, Angela Siner, Atique M. Ahmed, B Singh, B Singh, Balbir Singh, BE Barber, BE Barber, C Aurrecoechea, C Daneshvar, Chan Woon Lu, CV Jennings, EV Meyer, G Butcher, G Snounou, H Ozwara, Ing Tien Wong, J Cox-Singh, J Cox-Singh, J Cox-Singh, J Cox-Singh, J Langhorne, J Li, J Rayner, Janet Cox-Singh, JC Barrett, JC Rayner, JC Rayner, JP Cramer, JW Barnwell, K Gunalan, K Hayton, Kenji Hirayama, KS Lee, L Excoffier, LH Bannister, LH Miller, LH Miller, M Willmann, MAM Sallum, Matthias Willmann, Miguel M. Pinheiro, MR Galinski, MR Galinski, N Gomez-Escobar, P Librado, Paul C. Divis, Ramlah Zainudin, RW Moon, S Kumar, S Lopaticki, S Nakazawa, Sanjeev Krishna, Sarina K. Singh-Khaira, Scott B. Millar, Sean Lynch, SL Takala, T William, TM DeSimone, WH Tham   +61 more
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Probing Plasmodium falciparum sexual commitment at the single-cell level [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Malaria parasites go through major transitions during their complex life cycle, yet the underlying differentiation pathways remain obscure.
Birren, Bruce W., Brancucci, Nicolas M.B., De Niz, Mariana, Marti, Matthias, Neafsey, Daniel E., Ravel, Deepali, Sollelis, Lauriane, Straub, Timothy J., Voss, Till S.   +8 more
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Plasmodium yoelii yoelii 17XNL constitutively expressing GFP throughout the life cycle [PDF]

Experimental Parasitology, 2007
Plasmodium yoelii is a rodent parasite commonly used as a model to study malaria infection. It is the preferred model parasite for liver-stage immunological studies and is also widely used to study hepatocyte, erythrocyte and mosquito infection. We have generated a P.
Takeshi, Ono, Takushi, Tadakuma, Ana, Rodriguez   +2 more
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BCKDH: the missing link in apicomplexan mitochondrial metabolism is required for full virulence of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei [PDF]

, 2014
While the apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii are thought to primarily depend on glycolysis for ATP synthesis, recent studies have shown that they can fully catabolize glucose in a canonical TCA cycle.
Barrett, Michael P., Billker, Oliver, Creek, Darren J., Limenitakis, Julien, Macrae, James I., McConville, Malcolm J., Modrzynska, Katarzyna K., Oppenheim, Rebecca D., Pino, Paco, Polonais, Valerie, Seeber, Frank, Soldati-Favre, Dominique   +11 more
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