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The Francis Crick InstituteORCID 0000-0001-5191-7634Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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Chrislaine Martinez, Zahie Taha, Christine R. Collins…·Michael J. Blackman
This study develops an in vitro system to study SERA6 maturation and validates inhibitors that block malaria parasite egress.
Emma Kals, Morten Kals, Rebecca A. Lees…·Julian C. Rayner
The paper uses optical tweezers to measure merozoite-erythrocyte attachment forces and identifies PfEBA and PfRH ligands as critical for attachment, not PfMSP1.
Nonlawat Boonyalai, Christine R. Collins, Fiona Hackett…·Michael J. Blackman
This study functionally inactivates the Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin V gene using CRISPR-Cas9 and DiCre recombination, showing it is essential for parasite viability in asexual blood stages.