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Optical tweezers reveal that PfEBA and PfRH ligands, not PfMSP1, play a central role in Plasmodium-falciparum merozoite-erythrocyte attachment
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.
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