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Cationic charge and polyspecificity of an integrin domain regulates infectivity of malaria parasites
Dennis Klug, Sarah Goellner, Julia Sattler…·Friedrich Frischknecht
This study shows that the I-domain of TRAP in Plasmodium parasites mediates adhesion and that its cationic charge and polyspecificity are critical for infectivity.