Application of optical tweezer technology reveals that PfEBA and PfRH ligands, not PfMSP1, play a central role in Plasmodium falciparum merozoite-erythrocyte attachment

• Emma Kals,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2321-3661

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• Morten Kals,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Rebecca A. Lees,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom, Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

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• Viola Introini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, EMBL Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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• Alison Kemp,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Eleanor Silvester,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Christine R. Collins,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

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• Trishant Umrekar,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliations Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom, Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

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• Jurij Kotar,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Pietro Cicuta,

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

  Affiliation Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Julian C. Rayner

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

  * E-mail: jcr1003@cam.ac.uk

  Affiliation Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-1014

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