Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Invasion Is Inhibited by Antibodies that Target the PfRh2a and b Binding Domains

Tony Triglia; Lin Chen; Sash Lopaticki; Chaitali Dekiwadia; David T Riglar; Anthony N Hodder; Stuart A Ralph; Jake Baum; Alan F Cowman

Journal article

Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Invasion Is Inhibited by Antibodies that Target the PfRh2a and b Binding Domains

Tony Triglia, Lin Chen, Sash Lopaticki, Chaitali Dekiwadia, David T Riglar, Anthony N Hodder, Stuart A Ralph, Jake Baum, Alan F Cowman

PLoS Pathogens | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002075

University of Melbourne Researchers

Stuart Ralph Author Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Anthony Hodder Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Alan Cowman Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Tony Triglia Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Lin Chen Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Grants

Awarded by NHMRC IRIISS

Awarded by Australian Research Council (ARC)

Awarded by NHMRC

Funding Acknowledgements

The infrastructure used was supported by the Victorian State Government OIS and NHMRC IRIISS (#361646) grants; the research was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC). D. T. R. was supported through a Pratt Foundation postgraduate scholarship from the University of Melbourne, S. A. R. was supported by Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships (FT0990350), and J.B. was supported through an NHMRC Career Development Award I (516763) and ARC Future Fellowship (FT100100112). A. F. C. was supported by a Howard Hughes International Scholar and an Australia Fellow from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.