Switching like for like

Piet Borst () and Paul-André Genest
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Piet Borst: Netherlands Cancer Institute
Paul-André Genest: Netherlands Cancer Institute

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7079, 926-927

Abstract: To remain hidden from its host's immune system, the malaria parasite must vary the proteins on the surface of the infected cell. The genes encoding these proteins are very similar, so how does the parasite express just one at a time?

Date: 2006
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