Protein Prenylation and Hsp40 in Thermotolerance of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites

Emily S. Mathews; Andrew J. Jezewski; Audrey R. Odom John

doi:10.1128/mBio.00760-21

mBio (Jun 2021)

Protein Prenylation and Hsp40 in Thermotolerance of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Parasites

Emily S. Mathews,
Andrew J. Jezewski,
Audrey R. Odom John

Affiliations

Emily S. Mathews: Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Andrew J. Jezewski: Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Audrey R. Odom John: ORCiD; Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00760-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3

Abstract

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During its complex life cycle, the malaria parasite survives dramatic environmental stresses, including large temperature shifts. Protein prenylation is required during asexual replication of Plasmodium falciparum

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ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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