A Critical Role of Perinuclear Filamentous Actin in Spatial Repositioning and Mutually Exclusive Expression of Virulence Genes in Malaria Parasites

Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

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

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

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

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Selective upregulation of a single distinctly structured <i>var</i> gene in chondroitin sulphate A‐adhering <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> involved in pregnancy‐associated malaria

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