The Repeat Region of the Circumsporozoite Protein is Critical for Sporozoite Formation and Maturation in Plasmodium

• David J. P. Ferguson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David J. P. Ferguson, Amanda E. Balaban

  Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

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• Amanda E. Balaban ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David J. P. Ferguson, Amanda E. Balaban

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Eva-Maria Patzewitz,

  Affiliation Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG2 7UH, United Kingdom

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• Richard J. Wall,

  Affiliation Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG2 7UH, United Kingdom

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• Christine S. Hopp,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Benoit Poulin,

  Affiliation Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG2 7UH, United Kingdom

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• Asif Mohmmed,

  Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi-110067, India

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• Pawan Malhotra,

  Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi-110067, India

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• Alida Coppi,

  Current address: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Photini Sinnis ,

  * E-mail: rita.tewari@nottingham.ac.uk (RT); psinnis@jhsph.edu (PS)

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Rita Tewari

  * E-mail: rita.tewari@nottingham.ac.uk (RT); psinnis@jhsph.edu (PS)

  Affiliation Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG2 7UH, United Kingdom

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