A system for functional studies of the major virulence factor of malaria parasites
Jakob Cronshagen, Johannes Allweier, Paolo Mesén-Ramírez, Jan Stäcker, Anna Viktoria Vaaben, Gala Ramón-Zamorano, Isabel Naranjo-Prado, Max Graser, Patricia López- Barona, Susann Ofori, Pascal W.T.C. Jansen, Joëlle Hornebeck, Florian Kieferle, Agnes Murk, Elicia Martin, , Tobias Spielmann
The paper develops a system to study PfEMP1, a key malaria parasite virulence factor, by generating parasites expressing a single PfEMP1 variant and enabling genome edits to investigate its function.
eLife · Dec 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology