About the Authors

Sheetij Dutta

sheetij.dutta.civ@mail.mil

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Lisa S. Dlugosz

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Damien R. Drew

Affiliation Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Xiopeng Ge

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

Diouf Ababacar

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yazmin I. Rovira

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

J. Kathleen Moch

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Meng Shi

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Carole A. Long

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Foley

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

James G. Beeson

Affiliation Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Robin F. Anders

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

Kazutoyo Miura

Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

J. David Haynes

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Adrian H. Batchelor

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

SD has been named on an AMA1 related US patent. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD MF JDH RFA JGB AHB. Performed the experiments: SD LSD DRD XG DA JGB JKM YIR. Analyzed the data: SD KM CAL JGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the paper: SD JDH AHB.