Sexual Conversion of <I>P. falciparum</I> (IMAGE)

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Sexual Conversion of <I>P. falciparum</I>

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When PfAP2-G is stabilized in early asexual parasites, some of them develop into multinucleated schizonts (multiple nuclei show in blue), as expected according to the previous model, but some convert into gametocytes (expressing markers shown in red and green) within the same cycle.

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Bancells et al.

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