De novo assembly and transcriptome analysis of Plasmodium gallinaceum identifies the Rh5 interacting protein (ripr), and reveals a lack of EBL and RH gene family diversification

Transcriptome sequencing and analysis of Plasmodium gallinaceum reveals polymorphisms and selection on the apical membrane antigen-1

(2014) Elvin J Lauron et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Coevolutionary patterns and diversification of avian malaria parasites in African sunbirds (Family Nectariniidae)

(2014) ELVIN J. LAURON et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Description, molecular characterization, and patterns of distribution of a widespread New World avian malaria parasite (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae), Plasmodium (Novyella) homopolare sp. nov.

(2014) Erika L. Walther et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Species formation by host shifting in avian malaria parasites

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Genome sequencing of chimpanzee malaria parasites reveals possible pathways of adaptation to human hosts

(2014) Thomas D. Otto et al.   Nature Communications

Identification and characterization of the merozoite surface protein 1 (msp1) gene in a host-generalist avian malaria parasite, Plasmodium relictum (lineages SGS1 and GRW4) with the use of blood transcriptome

(2013) Olof Hellgren et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

RH5-Basigin interaction plays a major role in the host tropism of Plasmodium falciparum

(2013) M. Wanaguru et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Two functional reticulocyte binding-like (RBL) invasion ligands of zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi exhibit differential adhesion to monkey and human erythrocytes

(2012) Amma A Semenya et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Identification and expression of maebl, an erythrocyte-binding gene, in Plasmodium gallinaceum

(2012) Criseyda Martinez et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Phylogenomic analyses of malaria parasites and evolution of their exported proteins

(2011) Christian Pick et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR OF BIRDS AFFECTS THEIR COEVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIP WITH BLOOD PARASITES

(2011) Tania Jenkins et al.   EVOLUTION

Differences in Erythrocyte Receptor Specificity of Different Parts of the Plasmodium falciparum Reticulocyte Binding Protein Homologue 2a

(2011) Karthigayan Gunalan et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Host and habitat specialization of avian malaria in Africa

(2011) CLAIRE LOISEAU et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

An EGF-like Protein Forms a Complex with PfRh5 and Is Required for Invasion of Human Erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum

(2011) Lin Chen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

CD-HIT Suite: a web server for clustering and comparing biological sequences

(2010) Ying Huang et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in gorillas

(2010) Weimin Liu et al.   NATURE

Genome sequences reveal divergence times of malaria parasite lineages

(2010) JOANA C. SILVA et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Complement receptor 1 is the host erythrocyte receptor for Plasmodium falciparum PfRh4 invasion ligand

(2010) W.-H. Tham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The reticulocyte binding-like proteins of P. knowlesi locate to the micronemes of merozoites and define two new members of this invasion ligand family

(2009) Esmeralda V.S. Meyer et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

(2009) Ben Langmead et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Erythrocyte Binding Protein PfRH5 Polymorphisms Determine Species-Specific Pathways of Plasmodium falciparum Invasion

(2008) Karen Hayton et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A macroevolutionary mosaic: episodic host-switching, geographical colonization and diversification in complex host-parasite systems

(2008) Eric P. Hoberg et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Plasmodium falciparumPurine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Is Critical for Viability of Malaria Parasites

(2008) Dennis C. Madrid et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Origins of Human Malaria: Rare Genomic Changes and Full Mitochondrial Genomes Confirm the Relationship of Plasmodium falciparum to Other Mammalian Parasites but Complicate the Origins of Plasmodium vivax

(2008) S. W. Roy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Proteomic analysis of zygote and ookinete stages of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium gallinaceum delineates the homologous proteomes of the lethal human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

(2008) Kailash P. Patra et al.   PROTEOMICS