Brendan S. Crabb

Temporal stability of naturally acquired immunity to Merozoite Surface Protein-1 in Kenyan Adults (2009)

Dent, Arlene E, Chelimo, Kiprotich, Sumba, Peter O, Spring, Michele D, Crabb, Brendan S, Moormann, Ann M, ...

Abstract Background Naturally acquired immunity to blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum infection develops with age and after repeated infections. In order to identify immune surrogates that can inform...

Temporal stability of naturally acquired immunity to Merozoite Surface Protein-1 in Kenyan adults. (2009)

Dent, Arlene E, Chelimo, Kiprotich, Sumba, Peter O, Spring, Michele D, Crabb, Brendan S, Moormann, Ann M, ...

BACKGROUND: Naturally acquired immunity to blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum infection develops with age and after repeated infections. In order to identify immune surrogates that can inform vaccine...

Molecular genetics and comparative genomics reveal RNAi is not functional in malaria parasites (2009)

Baum, Jake, Papenfuss, Anthony T., Mair, Gunnar R., Janse, Chris J., Vlachou, Dina, Waters, Andrew P., ...

Techniques for targeted genetic disruption in Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, are currently intractable for those genes that are essential for blood stage development. The ability to use...

Blood-stage Plasmodium infection induces CD+ T lymphocytes to parasite-expressed antigens, largely regulated by CDα+ dendritic cells (2008)

Lundie, Rachel J., Davey, Gayle M., Nie, Catherine Q., Hansen, Diana S., Lau, Lei Shong, ...

Although CD8+ T cells do not contribute to protection against the blood stage of Plasmodium infection, there is mounting evidence that they are principal mediators of murine experimental cerebral...

Truncation of Plasmodium berghei merozoite surface protein 8 does not affect in vivo blood-stage development (2008)

Drew, Damien R., Chesson, Joanne M., Beeson, James G., Crabb, Brendan S.

Merozoite surface protein 8 (MSP8) has shown promise as a vaccine candidate in the Plasmodium yoelii rodent malaria model and has a proposed role in merozoite invasion of erythrocytes. However, the...

The Importance of Human FcγRI in Mediating Protection to Malaria (2007)

Richard S. McIntosh, Jianguo Shi, Richard M. Jennings, Jonathan C. Chappel, Tim Smith, ...

The success of passive immunization suggests that antibody-based therapies will be effective at controlling malaria. We describe the development of fully human antibodies specific for Plasmodium...

Importance of human FcyRI in mediating protection to malaria (2007)

McIntosh, Richard S., Shi, Jianguo, Jennings, Richard M., Chappel, Jonathan C., Smith, Tim, ...

The success of passive immunization suggests that antibody-based therapies will be effective at controlling malaria. We describe the development of fully human antibodies specific for Plasmodium...

Evidence for a common role for the serine-type plasmodium falciparum serine repeat antigen proteases : implications for vaccine and drug design (2007)

McCoubrie, Joanne E., Miller, Susanne K., Sargeant, Tobias, Good, Robert T., Hodder, Anthony N., Speed, Terence P., ...

Serine repeat antigens (SERAs) are a family of secreted "cysteine-like" proteases of Plasmodium parasites. Several SERAs possess an atypical active-site serine residue in place of the...

The importance of human FcyRI in mediating protection to malaria (2007)

McIntosh, Richard S., Shi, Jianguo, Jennings, Richard M., Chappel, Jonathan C., Smith, Tim, ...

The success of passive immunization suggests that antibody-based therapies will be effective at controlling malaria. We describe the development of fully human antibodies specific for Plasmodium...

Evidence for a common role for the serine-type Plasmodium falciparum serine repeat antigen proteases : implications for vaccine and drug design (2007)

McCoubrie, Joanne E., Miller, Susanne K., Sargeant, Tobias, Good, Robert T., Hodder, Anthony N., Speed, Terence P., ...

Serine repeat antigens (SERAs) are a family of secreted “cysteine-like” proteases of Plasmodium parasites. Several SERAs possess an atypical active-site serine residue in place of the...

Systemic activation of dendritic cells by Toll-like receptor ligands or malaria infection impairs cross-presentation and anti-viral immunity (2006)

Wilson, Nicholas S., Behrens, Georg M. N., Lundie, Rachel J., Smith, Christopher M., Waithman, Jason, Young, Louise, ...

The mechanisms responsible for the immunosuppression associated with sepsis or some chronic blood infections remain poorly understood. Here we show that infection with a malaria parasite (Plasmodium...

Promising Functional Readouts of Immunity in a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine Trial (2005)

Brendan S. Crabb, James G. Beeson

The authors discuss results from an early trial of a vaccine based on Plasmodium MSP-3 protein reported by Pierre Druilhe and colleagues.

The Serine Repeat Antigen (SERA) Gene Family Phylogeny in Plasmodium: the Impact of GC Content, and Reconciliation of Gene and Species Trees (2004)

Bourgon, Richard, Delorenzi, Mauro, Sargeant, Tobias, Hodder, Anthony N., Crabb, Brendan S., Speed, Terence P.

Plasmodium falciparum is the parasite responsible for the most acute form of malaria in humans. Recently, the serine repeat antigen (SERA) in P. falciparum has attracted attention as a potential...

The Serine Repeat Antigen (SERA) Gene Family Phylogeny in Plasmodium: The Impact of GC Content and Reconciliation of Gene and Species Trees (2004)

Bourgon, Richard, Delorenzi, Mauro, Sargeant, Tobias, Hodder, Anthony N., Crabb, Brendan S., Speed, Terence P.

Plasmodium falciparum is the parasite responsible for the most acute form of malaria in humans. Recently, the serine repeat antigen (SERA) in P. falciparum has attracted attention as a potential...

The Serine Repeat Antigen (SERA) Gene Family Phylogeny in Plasmodium: the Impact of GC Content, and Reconciliation of Gene and Species Trees (2004)

Bourgon, Richard, Delorenzi, Mauro, Sargeant, Tobias, Hodder, Anthony N., Crabb, Brendan S., Speed, Terence P.

Plasmodium falciparum is the parasite responsible for the most acute form of malaria in humans. Recently, the serine repeat antigen (SERA) in P. falciparum has attracted attention as a potential...

Plasmodium falciparum virulence determinants unveiled (2002)

Crabb, Brendan S, Cowman, Alan F

Abstract The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, one of the world's most devastating pathogens, has an astonishing array of sequences and genes that play key roles in pathogenesis and...

An alteration in concatameric structure is associated with efficient segregation of plasmids in transfected Plasmodium falciparum parasites (2001)

O’Donnell, Rebecca A., Preiser, Peter R., Williamson, Donald H., Moore, Peter W., Cowman, Alan F., Crabb, Brendan S.

Transfection of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is currently performed with circularised plasmids that are maintained episomally in parasites under drug selection but which are...

Targeted disruption of an erythrocyte binding antigen in Plasmodium falciparum is associated with a switch toward a sialic acid-independent pathway of invasion

Reed, Michael B., Caruana, Sonia R., Batchelor, Adrian H., Thompson, Jennifer K., Crabb, Brendan S., Cowman, Alan F.

Erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium requires molecules present both on the merozoite surface and within the specialized organelles of the apical complex. The Plasmodium erythrocyte binding protein...

An alteration in concatameric structure is associated with efficient segregation of plasmids in transfected Plasmodium falciparum parasites

O’Donnell, Rebecca A., Preiser, Peter R., Williamson, Donald H., Moore, Peter W., Cowman, Alan F., Crabb, Brendan S.

Transfection of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is currently performed with circularised plasmids that are maintained episomally in parasites under drug selection but which are...

Internal Ribosomal Entry Site-Mediated Translation Initiation in Equine Rhinitis A Virus: Similarities to and Differences from That of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

Hinton, Tracey M., Li, Feng, Crabb, Brendan S.

Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) has recently been classified as an aphthovirus, a genus otherwise comprised of the different serotypes of Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). FMDV initiates...

Evidence that Equine Rhinitis A Virus VP1 Is a Target of Neutralizing Antibodies and Participates Directly in Receptor Binding

Warner, Simone, Hartley, Carol A., Stevenson, Rachel A., Ficorilli, Nino, Varrasso, Annalisa, Studdert, Michael J., ...

Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) is a respiratory pathogen of horses and is classified as an Aphthovirus, the only non-Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) member of this genus. In FMDV, virion protein...

A genetic screen for improved plasmid segregation reveals a role for Rep20 in the interaction of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes

O’Donnell, Rebecca A., Freitas-Junior, Lúcio H., Preiser, Peter R., Williamson, Donald H., Duraisingh, Manoj, McElwain, Terry F., ...

Bacterial plasmids introduced into the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum replicate well but are poorly segregated during mitosis. In this paper, we screened a random P.falciparum genomic...

Identification and Disruption of the Gene Encoding the Third Member of the Low-Molecular-Mass Rhoptry Complex in Plasmodium falciparum

Baldi, Deborah L., Good, Robert, Duraisingh, Manoj T., Crabb, Brendan S., Cowman, Alan F.

The low-molecular-mass rhoptry complex of Plasmodium falciparum consists of three proteins, rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP1), RAP2, and RAP3. The genes encoding RAP1 and RAP2 are known; however,...

RAP1 controls rhoptry targeting of RAP2 in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Baldi, Deborah L., Andrews, Katherine T., Waller, Ross F., Roos, David S., Howard, Randall F., Crabb, Brendan S., ...

Rhoptry associated protein 1 (RAP1) and 2 (RAP2), together with a poorly described third protein RAP3, form the low molecular weight complex within the rhoptries of Plasmodium falciparum. These...

Plasmodium falciparum virulence determinants unveiled

Crabb, Brendan S, Cowman, Alan F

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, has many sequences and genes that play key roles in pathogenesis and immune evasion. We must understand the functions of these elements if the...

Association of iss and iucA, but Not tsh, with Plasmid-Mediated Virulence of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Tivendale, Kelly A., Allen, Joanne L., Ginns, Carol A., Crabb, Brendan S., Browning, Glenn F.

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is an economically important respiratory pathogen of chickens worldwide. Factors previously associated with the virulence of APEC include adhesins,...

Several Recombinant Capsid Proteins of Equine Rhinitis A Virus Show Potential as Diagnostic Antigens

Li, Fan, Stevenson, Rachel A., Crabb, Brendan S., Studdert, Michael J., Hartley, Carol A.

Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) is a significant pathogen of horses and is also closely related to Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Despite these facts, knowledge of the prevalence and importance...

Trafficking of STEVOR to the Maurer's clefts in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Przyborski, Jude M, Miller, Susanne K, Pfahler, Judith M, Henrich, Philipp P, Rohrbach, Petra, Crabb, Brendan S, ...

The human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports proteins to destinations within its host erythrocyte, including cytosol, surface and membranous profiles of parasite origin termed Maurer's...

Promising Functional Readouts of Immunity in a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine Trial

Crabb, Brendan S, Beeson, James G

The authors discuss results from an early trial of a vaccine based on Plasmodium MSP-3 protein reported by Pierre Druilhe and colleagues.

Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 8 Is a Ring-Stage Membrane Protein That Localizes to the Parasitophorous Vacuole of Infected Erythrocytes

Drew, Damien R., Sanders, Paul R., Crabb, Brendan S.

To date, the following seven glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored merozoite antigens have been described in Plasmodium falciparum: merozoite-associated surface protein 1 (MSP-1), MSP-2, MSP-4,...

A Set of Glycosylphosphatidyl Inositol-Anchored Membrane Proteins of Plasmodium falciparum Is Refractory to Genetic Deletion

Sanders, Paul R., Kats, Lev M., Drew, Damien R., O'Donnell, Rebecca A., O'Neill, Matthew, Maier, Alexander G., ...

Targeted gene disruption has proved to be a powerful approach for studying the function of important ligands involved in erythrocyte invasion by the extracellular merozoite form of the human malaria...

Targeted disruption of an erythrocyte binding antigen in Plasmodium falciparum is associated with a switch toward a sialic acid-independent pathway of invasion

Reed, Michael B., Caruana, Sonia R., Batchelor, Adrian H., Thompson, Jennifer K., Crabb, Brendan S., Cowman, Alan F.

Erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium requires molecules present both on the merozoite surface and within the specialized organelles of the apical complex. The Plasmodium erythrocyte binding protein...

An alteration in concatameric structure is associated with efficient segregation of plasmids in transfected Plasmodium falciparum parasites

O’Donnell, Rebecca A., Preiser, Peter R., Williamson, Donald H., Moore, Peter W., Cowman, Alan F., Crabb, Brendan S.

Transfection of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is currently performed with circularised plasmids that are maintained episomally in parasites under drug selection but which are...

Internal Ribosomal Entry Site-Mediated Translation Initiation in Equine Rhinitis A Virus: Similarities to and Differences from That of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus

Hinton, Tracey M., Li, Feng, Crabb, Brendan S.

Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) has recently been classified as an aphthovirus, a genus otherwise comprised of the different serotypes of Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). FMDV initiates...

Evidence that Equine Rhinitis A Virus VP1 Is a Target of Neutralizing Antibodies and Participates Directly in Receptor Binding

Warner, Simone, Hartley, Carol A., Stevenson, Rachel A., Ficorilli, Nino, Varrasso, Annalisa, Studdert, Michael J., ...

Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) is a respiratory pathogen of horses and is classified as an Aphthovirus, the only non-Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) member of this genus. In FMDV, virion protein...

A genetic screen for improved plasmid segregation reveals a role for Rep20 in the interaction of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes

O’Donnell, Rebecca A., Freitas-Junior, Lúcio H., Preiser, Peter R., Williamson, Donald H., Duraisingh, Manoj, McElwain, Terry F., ...

Bacterial plasmids introduced into the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum replicate well but are poorly segregated during mitosis. In this paper, we screened a random P.falciparum genomic...

Identification and Disruption of the Gene Encoding the Third Member of the Low-Molecular-Mass Rhoptry Complex in Plasmodium falciparum

Baldi, Deborah L., Good, Robert, Duraisingh, Manoj T., Crabb, Brendan S., Cowman, Alan F.

The low-molecular-mass rhoptry complex of Plasmodium falciparum consists of three proteins, rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP1), RAP2, and RAP3. The genes encoding RAP1 and RAP2 are known; however,...

RAP1 controls rhoptry targeting of RAP2 in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Baldi, Deborah L., Andrews, Katherine T., Waller, Ross F., Roos, David S., Howard, Randall F., Crabb, Brendan S., ...

Rhoptry associated protein 1 (RAP1) and 2 (RAP2), together with a poorly described third protein RAP3, form the low molecular weight complex within the rhoptries of Plasmodium falciparum. These...

Plasmodium falciparum virulence determinants unveiled

Crabb, Brendan S, Cowman, Alan F

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, has many sequences and genes that play key roles in pathogenesis and immune evasion. We must understand the functions of these elements if the...

Association of iss and iucA, but Not tsh, with Plasmid-Mediated Virulence of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Tivendale, Kelly A., Allen, Joanne L., Ginns, Carol A., Crabb, Brendan S., Browning, Glenn F.

Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is an economically important respiratory pathogen of chickens worldwide. Factors previously associated with the virulence of APEC include adhesins,...

Tetracycline analogue-regulated transgene expression in Plasmodium falciparum blood stages using Toxoplasma gondii transactivators

Meissner, Markus, Krejany, Efrosinia, Gilson, Paul R., Soldati, Dominique, Crabb, Brendan S.

Genetic manipulation has revolutionized research in the Apicomplexan parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the most important causative agent of malaria. However, to date no techniques have been...

Several Recombinant Capsid Proteins of Equine Rhinitis A Virus Show Potential as Diagnostic Antigens

Li, Fan, Stevenson, Rachel A., Crabb, Brendan S., Studdert, Michael J., Hartley, Carol A.

Equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) is a significant pathogen of horses and is also closely related to Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Despite these facts, knowledge of the prevalence and importance...

Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 8 Is a Ring-Stage Membrane Protein That Localizes to the Parasitophorous Vacuole of Infected Erythrocytes

Drew, Damien R., Sanders, Paul R., Crabb, Brendan S.

To date, the following seven glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored merozoite antigens have been described in Plasmodium falciparum: merozoite-associated surface protein 1 (MSP-1), MSP-2, MSP-4,...

Trafficking of STEVOR to the Maurer's clefts in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes

Przyborski, Jude M, Miller, Susanne K, Pfahler, Judith M, Henrich, Philipp P, Rohrbach, Petra, Crabb, Brendan S, ...

The human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum exports proteins to destinations within its host erythrocyte, including cytosol, surface and membranous profiles of parasite origin termed Maurer's...

Promising Functional Readouts of Immunity in a Blood-Stage Malaria Vaccine Trial

Crabb, Brendan S, Beeson, James G

The authors discuss results from an early trial of a vaccine based on Plasmodium MSP-3 protein reported by Pierre Druilhe and colleagues.

A Set of Glycosylphosphatidyl Inositol-Anchored Membrane Proteins of Plasmodium falciparum Is Refractory to Genetic Deletion

Sanders, Paul R., Kats, Lev M., Drew, Damien R., O'Donnell, Rebecca A., O'Neill, Matthew, Maier, Alexander G., ...

Targeted gene disruption has proved to be a powerful approach for studying the function of important ligands involved in erythrocyte invasion by the extracellular merozoite form of the human malaria...

Embryonic age influences the capacity for cytokine induction in chicken thymocytes

Peters, Michelle A, Browning, Glenn F, Washington, Elizabeth A, Crabb, Brendan S, Kaiser, Pete

Thymocyte responses to functional activation are of relevance to the evaluation of the efficacy of in ovo immunotherapies and vaccines in chickens. In this study we have demonstrated differences in...

Functional analysis of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens: implications for erythrocyte invasion and vaccine development.

Cowman, Alan F, Baldi, Deborah L, Duraisingh, Manoj, Healer, Julie, Mills, Kerry E, O'Donnell, Rebecca A, ...

Malaria is a major human health problem and is responsible for over 2 million deaths per year. It is caused by a number of species of the genus Plasmodium, and Plasmodium falciparum is the causative...

The Importance of Human FcγRI in Mediating Protection to Malaria

McIntosh, Richard S, Shi, Jianguo, Jennings, Richard M, Chappel, Jonathan C, Smith, Tim, ...

The success of passive immunization suggests that antibody-based therapies will be effective at controlling malaria. We describe the development of fully human antibodies specific for Plasmodium...

Towards a Vaccine against Plasmodium vivax Malaria

Beeson, James G, Crabb, Brendan S

The authors discuss a new study that suggests thatPlasmodium vivax Duffy-binding protein could be a candidate antigen for developing aP. vivax vaccine.

Alterations in local chromatin environment are involved in silencing and activation of subtelomeric var genes in Plasmodium falciparum

Voss, Till S, Tonkin, Christopher J, Marty, Allison J, Thompson, Jennifer K, Healer, Julie, Crabb, Brendan S, ...

Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1), encoded by the var gene family, undergoes antigenic variation and plays an important role in chronic infection and severe malaria. Only...

Evidence for a Common Role for the Serine-Type Plasmodium falciparum Serine Repeat Antigen Proteases: Implications for Vaccine and Drug Design▿ †

McCoubrie, Joanne E., Miller, Susanne K., Sargeant, Tobias, Good, Robert T., Hodder, Anthony N., Speed, Terence P., ...

Serine repeat antigens (SERAs) are a family of secreted “cysteine-like” proteases of Plasmodium parasites. Several SERAs possess an atypical active-site serine residue in place of the canonical...

A New Rodent Model to Assess Blood Stage Immunity to the Plasmodium falciparum Antigen Merozoite Surface Protein 119 Reveals a Protective Role for Invasion Inhibitory Antibodies

O'Donnell, Rebecca A., Drew, Damien R., Thomson, Russell, Speed, Terence P., Crabb, Brendan S.

Antibodies capable of inhibiting the invasion of Plasmodium merozoites into erythrocytes are present in individuals that are clinically immune to the malaria parasite. Those targeting the 19-kD...

Antibodies against Merozoite Surface Protein (Msp)-119 Are a Major Component of the Invasion-Inhibitory Response in Individuals Immune to Malaria

O'Donnell, Rebecca A., Burt, Rachel A., Bockarie, Moses, Reeder, John C., Cowman, Alan F., ...

Antibodies that bind to antigens expressed on the merozoite form of the malaria parasite can inhibit parasite growth by preventing merozoite invasion of red blood cells. Inhibitory antibodies are...

Dendritic cell preactivation impairs MHC class II presentation of vaccines and endogenous viral antigens

Young, Louise J., Wilson, Nicholas S., Schnorrer, Petra, Mount, Adele, Lundie, Rachel J., La Gruta, Nicole L., ...

When dendritic cells (DCs) encounter signals associated with infection or inflammation, they become activated and undergo maturation. Mature DCs are very efficient at presenting antigens captured in...

Exported Proteins Required for Virulence and Rigidity of Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Human Erythrocytes

Maier, Alexander G., Rug, Melanie, O'Neill, Matthew T., Brown, Monica, Chakravorty, Srabasti, Szestak, Tadge, ...

A major part of virulence for Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection, the most lethal parasitic disease of humans, results from increased rigidity and adhesiveness of infected host red cells. These...

Inhibition of Malaria Parasite Development by a Cyclic Peptide That Targets the Vital Parasite Protein SERA5▿

Fairlie, W. Douglas, Spurck, Tim P., McCoubrie, Joanne E., Gilson, Paul R., Miller, Susanne K., McFadden, Geoffrey I., ...

The serine repeat antigen (SERA) proteins of the malaria parasites Plasmodium spp. contain a putative enzyme domain similar to that of papain family cysteine proteases. In Plasmodium falciparum...

Blood-stage Plasmodium infection induces CD8+ T lymphocytes to parasite-expressed antigens, largely regulated by CD8α+ dendritic cells

Lundie, Rachel J., Davey, Gayle M., Nie, Catherine Q., Hansen, Diana S., Lau, Lei Shong, ...

Although CD8+ T cells do not contribute to protection against the blood stage of Plasmodium infection, there is mounting evidence that they are principal mediators of murine experimental cerebral...

IP-10-Mediated T Cell Homing Promotes Cerebral Inflammation over Splenic Immunity to Malaria Infection

Nie, Catherine Q., Bernard, Nicholas J., Norman, M. Ursula, Amante, Fiona H., Lundie, Rachel J., Crabb, Brendan S., ...

Plasmodium falciparum malaria causes 660 million clinical cases with over 2 million deaths each year. Acquired host immunity limits the clinical impact of malaria infection and provides protection...

Deletion of the Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 7 Gene Impairs Parasite Invasion of Erythrocytes▿

Kadekoppala, Madhusudan, O'Donnell, Rebecca A., Grainger, Munira, Crabb, Brendan S., Holder, Anthony A.

Merozoite surface proteins have been implicated in the initial attachment to the host red blood cell membrane that begins the process of invasion, an important step in the life cycle of the malaria...

Molecular genetics and comparative genomics reveal RNAi is not functional in malaria parasites

Baum, Jake, Papenfuss, Anthony T., Mair, Gunnar R., Janse, Chris J., Vlachou, Dina, Waters, Andrew P., ...

Techniques for targeted genetic disruption in Plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, are currently intractable for those genes that are essential for blood stage development. The ability to use...

A Novel Family of Apicomplexan Glideosome-associated Proteins with an Inner Membrane-anchoring Role*

Bullen, Hayley E., Tonkin, Christopher J., O'Donnell, Rebecca A., Tham, Wai-Hong, Papenfuss, Anthony T., Gould, Sven, ...

The phylum Apicomplexa are a group of obligate intracellular parasites responsible for a wide range of important diseases. Central to the lifecycle of these unicellular parasites is their ability to...