A variant rRNA serves as a translational repressor in Plasmodium falciparum
Tiziano Vignolini, Olivia Carril, Victor Tobiasson, Joe Georgeson, Miguel Angel García-Campos, Justine Couble, Grégory R G Doré, Donna Matzov, Sebastian Hutchinson, Jessica M. Bryant, Moran Shalev-Benami, Schraga Schwartz, Sebastian Baumgarten
The paper identifies a variant rRNA in Plasmodium falciparum that represses translation during host-to-vector transmission by forming a dominant-negative ribosome.
bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology