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Malaria's Pragmatic Approach to Gene Expression
What two transcriptomes reveal about the Plasmodium life story
Email: Ishani Ganguli - iganguli@the-scientist.com The Scientist 2005, 19(22):19
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A mosquito alights on a human victim and pierces the skin, injecting its salivary mixture of anticoagulants to make blood flow smoothly while feeding. At least 300 million times each year, that mixture comes with unwanted travelers: Plasmodium sporozoites, once inside a human host, invade the liver, maturing until ready to wreak havoc on its victim's red blood cells.
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