MicrobiologybioRxiv
Phosphorylation of the canonical histone H2A marks foci of damaged DNA in malaria parasite
M. Goyal, A. Heinberg, V. Mitesser…·R. Dzikowski
This study shows that Plasmodium falciparum phosphorylates PfH2A in response to DNA damage, forming foci that mark damaged chromatin and enabling a direct DNA repair assay.
DOI 10.1128/msphere.01131-20