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A variant rRNA serves as a translational repressor in Plasmodium falciparum
Tiziano Vignolini, Olivia Carril, Victor Tobiasson…·Sebastian Baumgarten
The paper identifies a variant rRNA in Plasmodium falciparum that represses translation during host-to-vector transmission by forming a dominant-negative ribosome.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.17.732804