Browsing Department of Biomedicine by Journals "PLoS Pathogens"
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High-resolution structures of malaria parasite actomyosin and actin filaments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-04)Malaria is responsible for half a million deaths annually and poses a huge economic burden on the developing world. The mosquito-borne parasites (Plasmodium spp.) that cause the disease depend upon an unconventional ... -
Phosphatidylserine receptors enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Phosphatidylserine (PS) receptors enhance infection of many enveloped viruses through virion-associated PS binding that is termed apoptotic mimicry. Here we show that this broadly shared uptake mechanism is utilized by ... -
Structure and function of Plasmodium actin II in the parasite mosquito stages
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Actins are filament-forming, highly-conserved proteins in eukaryotes. They are involved in essential processes in the cytoplasm and also have nuclear functions. Malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp.) have two actin isoforms ...