Browsing Department of Biomedicine by Journals "PLoS Pathogens"

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    • High-resolution structures of malaria parasite actomyosin and actin filaments 

      Vahokoski, Juha; Calder, Lesley J.; Moreno, Andrea Johana Lopez; Molloy, Justin E.; Kursula, Inari; Rosenthal, Peter B. (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 

      Bohan, Dana; Van Ert, Hanora; Ruggio, Natalie; Rogers, Kai J; Badreddine, Mohammad; Aguilar Briseno, José A; Elliff, Jonah; Rojas Chavez, Roberth Anthony; Gao, Boning; Stokowy, Tomasz; Christakou, Eleni; Kursula, Petri; Micklem, David Robert; Gausdal, Gro; Haim, Hillel; Minna, John; Lorens, James Bradley; Maury, Wendy (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 ...