Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocytic Stage Parasites Require the Putative Autophagy Protein PfAtg7 for Normal Growth
Figure 1
PfAtgs 3, 4, 7, 8 are expressed inP. falciparum erythrocytic stage parasites.
Genomic DNA (gDNA) and RNA was extracted from asynchronous erythrocytic stage parasites, the latter used for cDNA production. Primers flanking introns were chosen, except for PfATG8, which has no predicted introns. No RT control shows lack of gDNA contamination of RNA preparation.