Effective cell membrane tension protects red blood cells against malaria invasion

• Haleh Alimohamadi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¤ Current Address: Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles,Los Angeles, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Padmini Rangamani

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: prangamani@ucsd.edu

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5953-4347

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