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SUBMITTER: Coleman BI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4188636 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coleman Bradley I BI Skillman Kristen M KM Jiang Rays H Y RHY Childs Lauren M LM Altenhofen Lindsey M LM Ganter Markus M Leung Yvette Y Goldowitz Ilana I Kafsack Björn F C BFC Marti Matthias M Llinás Manuel M Buckee Caroline O CO Duraisingh Manoj T MT
Cell host & microbe 20140801 2
The asexual forms of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum are adapted for chronic persistence in human red blood cells, continuously evading host immunity using epigenetically regulated antigenic variation of virulence-associated genes. Parasite survival on a population level also requires differentiation into sexual forms, an obligatory step for further human transmission. We reveal that the essential nuclear gene, P. falciparum histone deacetylase 2 (PfHda2), is a global silencer of viru ...[more]