Interaction of the exported malaria protein Pf332 with the red blood cell membrane skeleton
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Abbreviations
RBC
red blood cell
IRBC
infected red blood cell
Pf332 or Ag332
Plasmodium falciparum Antigen 332
Kd
half saturation concentration
4.1R
red blood cell protein 4.1
GPC and GPD
glycophorins C and D, respectively
PfEMP1
Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1
KAHRP
knob-associated histidine rich protein
MESA
mature parasite-infected erythrocyte surface antigen
RESA
ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen
PfEMP3
Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 3
PV
parasitophorous vacuole
PEXEL
Plasmodium export element
VTS
vacuolar transport signal
PVM
parasitophorous vacuolar membrane
MCs
Maurer's clefts
IOV and pIOV
inside-out vesicle prepared from normal RBCs or parasite-infected RBCs
PCR
polymerase chain reaction
MBP
maltose-binding protein
PBS
phosphate-buffered saline
IB
IOV incubation buffer
BSA
bovine serum albumin
PVDF
Polyscreen® polyvinylidene difluoride
TX100
Triton X-100
DBL
Duffy binding-like domain
Keywords
Plasmodium falciparum
Malaria
Pf332
Actin
Red blood cell
Membrane skeleton
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