Developmental selection of var gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum

The large diverse gene family var encodes proteins involved in cytoadherence and antigenic variation of plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Xin‐zhuan Su, Virginia M. Heatwole, Samuel P. Wertheimer et al. · Cell · 1995 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +14

Cloning the P. falciparum gene encoding PfEMP1, a malarial variant antigen and adherence receptor on the surface of parasitized human erythrocytes

Dror I. Baruch, Britten L. Pasloske, Hardeep B. Singh et al. · Cell · 1995 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology +14

Switches in expression of plasmodium falciparum var genes correlate with changes in antigenic and cytoadherent phenotypes of infected erythrocytes

Joseph D. Smith, Chetan E. Chitnis, David J. Roberts et al. · Cell · 1995 · 1K citations · Full text

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Human cerebral malaria. A quantitative ultrastructural analysis of parasitized erythrocyte sequestration.

G. Gordon MacPherson, Mary Warrell, Nicholas J. White et al. · PubMed · 1985 · 830 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Infectious Diseases +16

Rapid switching to multiple antigenic and adhesive phenotypes in malaria

David J. Roberts, Alister Craig, Anthony R. Berendt et al. · Nature · 1992 · 630 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +12