About the Authors
- Michael M. Klein
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael M. Klein, Apostolos G. Gittis
Affiliation Structural Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Apostolos G. Gittis
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael M. Klein, Apostolos G. Gittis
Affiliation Structural Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Hua-Poo Su
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Current address: Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Affiliation Structural Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Morris O. Makobongo
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Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Jaime M. Moore
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Current address: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Affiliation Structural Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Sanjay Singh
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Current address: Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Louis H. Miller
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Affiliation Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- David N. Garboczi
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* E-mail: dgarboczi@niaid.nih.gov
Affiliation Structural Biology Section, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Expressed MC179, prepared MC179 crystals, collected X-ray data, analyzed the structure, and wrote the manuscript: MMK. Interpreted the electron density and built and refined the MC179 model: AGG. Expressed MC179 and collected X-ray data: H-PS. Planned and performed the flow cytometry experiments: MOM JMM. Planned and supervised the flow cytometry experiments: SS LHM. Planned experiments, expressed MC179, processed X-ray data, calculated experimental electron density maps, analyzed the structure, and wrote the manuscript: DNG.