Juxtamembrane Shedding of Plasmodium falciparum AMA1 Is Sequence Independent and Essential, and Helps Evade Invasion-Inhibitory Antibodies

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Anna Olivieri ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Olivieri, Christine R. Collins

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Christine R. Collins ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Olivieri, Christine R. Collins

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Fiona Hackett,

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Chrislaine Withers-Martinez,

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Joshua Marshall,

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Helen R. Flynn,

Affiliation Protein Analysis and Proteomics Laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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J. Mark Skehel,

Affiliation Protein Analysis and Proteomics Laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Michael J. Blackman

* E-mail: mblackm@nimr.mrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Protein Analysis and Proteomics Laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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