Hap2, a novel gene in Babesia bigemina is expressed in tick stages, and specific antibodies block zygote formation

ArabidopsisHAP2/GCS1 is a gamete fusion protein homologous to somatic and viral fusogens

(2017) Clari Valansi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Two HAP2-GCS1 homologs responsible for gamete interactions in the cellular slime mold with multiple mating types: Implication for common mechanisms of sexual reproduction shared by plants and protozoa and for male-female differentiation

(2016) Marina Okamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Expression of 6-Cys Gene Superfamily Defines Babesia bovis Sexual Stage Development within Rhipicephalus microplus

(2016) Heba F. Alzan et al.   PLoS One

The cytoplasmic domain of the gamete membrane fusion protein HAP2 targets the protein to the fusion site in Chlamydomonas and regulates the fusion reaction

(2015) Y. Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Gamete Dialogs in Green Lineages

(2015) Toshiyuki Mori et al.   Molecular Plant

BmVDAC upregulation in the midgut of Rhipicephalus microplus, during infection with Babesia bigemina

(2015) Elba Rodríguez-Hernández et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Function of the Male-Gamete-Specific Fusion Protein HAP2 in a Seven-Sexed Ciliate

(2014) Eric S. Cole et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Functional Comparison of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Vaccine Candidates by the Standard Membrane-Feeding Assay

(2013) Kazutoyo Miura et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Differential Expression of Three Members of the Multidomain Adhesion CCp Family in Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis and Theileria equi

(2013) Reginaldo G. Bastos et al.   PLoS One

Acaricide resistance mechanisms in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

(2012) Felix David Guerrero et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA

The Functional Domain of GCS1-Based Gamete Fusion Resides in the Amino Terminus in Plant and Parasite Species

(2011) Toshiyuki Mori et al.   PLoS One

Emerging perspectives in the research of bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis

(2011) Carlos E. Suarez et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Is HAP2-GCS1 an ancestral gamete fusogen?

(2010) Julian L. Wong et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Fertilization is a novel attacking site for the transmission blocking of malaria parasites

(2009) Makoto Hirai et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Evolutionary History of the HAP2/GCS1 Gene and Sexual Reproduction in Metazoans

(2009) Robert E. Steele et al.   PLoS One

Plasmodium berghei HAP2 induces strong malaria transmission-blocking immunity in vivo and in vitro

(2009) Andrew M. Blagborough et al.   VACCINE

Gamete Fusion: Key Protein Identified

(2008) Christopher D. Goodman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Male Fertility of Malaria Parasites Is Determined by GCS1, a Plant-Type Reproduction Factor

(2008) Makoto Hirai et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The conserved plant sterility gene HAP2 functions after attachment of fusogenic membranes in Chlamydomonas and Plasmodium gametes

(2008) Y. Liu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT