Characterization of apicomplexan amino acid transporters (ApiATs) in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Jan Stephan Wichers-Misterek, Carolina van Gelder, Gwendolin Fuchs, Julia Mareike Ruge, Emma Pietsch, Josie L. Ferreira, Soraya Safavi, Heidrun von Thien, Paul‐Christian Burda, Paolo Mesén-Ramírez, Tobias Spielmann, Jan Strauss, Tim-Wolf Gilberger, Anna Bachmann
This study characterizes ApiATs in Plasmodium falciparum, showing their localization to the parasite plasma membrane and partial redundancy in asexual proliferation but not gametocytogenesis.
mSphere · Nov 10, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology