An EGF-like Protein Forms a Complex with PfRh5 and Is Required for Invasion of Human Erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum

Lin Chen; Sash Lopaticki; David T Riglar; Chaitali Dekiwadia; Alex D Uboldi; Wai-Hong Tham; Matthew T O'Neill; Dave Richard; Jake Baum; Stuart A Ralph; Alan F Cowman

Journal article

An EGF-like Protein Forms a Complex with PfRh5 and Is Required for Invasion of Human Erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum

Lin Chen, Sash Lopaticki, David T Riglar, Chaitali Dekiwadia, Alex D Uboldi, Wai-Hong Tham, Matthew T O'Neill, Dave Richard, Jake Baum, Stuart A Ralph, Alan F Cowman

PLoS Pathogens | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002199

University of Melbourne Researchers

Wai Tham Author Medical Biology (W.E.H.I.)

Stuart Ralph Author Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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

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

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) (http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/), PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (http://www.malariavaccine.org/), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.