Ape parasite origins of human malaria virulence genes
Ape parasite origins of human malaria virulence genes
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Antigens encoded by the
var
gene family are major virulence factors of the human malaria parasite
Plasmodium falciparum
, exhibiting enormous intra- and interstrain diversity. Here we use network analysis to show that
var
architecture and mosaicism are conserved at multiple levels across the
Laverania
subgenus, based on
v...
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Ape parasite origins of human malaria virulence genes
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4633637
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4633637
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/ncomms9368
