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A single-nucleotide polymorphism in a Plasmodium berghei ApiAP2 transcription factor alters the development of host immunity
- View ORCID ProfileMunir Akkaya1,*,
- Abhisheka Bansal2,†,
- View ORCID ProfilePatrick W. Sheehan1,‡,
- Mirna Pena1,
- View ORCID ProfileAlvaro Molina-Cruz2,
- View ORCID ProfileLindsey M. Orchard3,
- Clare K. Cimperman1,
- Chen-Feng Qi1,
- Philipp Ross3,§,
- View ORCID ProfileTakele Yazew1,
- Daniel Sturdevant4,
- Sarah L. Anzick4,
- View ORCID ProfileGirija Thiruvengadam2,||,
- View ORCID ProfileThomas Dan Otto5,
- View ORCID ProfileOliver Billker6,7,
- View ORCID ProfileManuel Llinás3,8,
- Louis H. Miller2 and
- View ORCID ProfileSusan K. Pierce1,*
- 1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
- 2Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
- 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- 4Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- 5Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
- 6Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.
- 7Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.
- 8Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: spierce{at}nih.gov (S.K.P.); munir.akkaya{at}nih.gov (M.A.)
↵† Present address: School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
↵‡ Present address: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
↵§ Present address: Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology Program, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
↵|| Present address: Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Science Advances 05 Feb 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 6, eaaw6957
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw6957
Vol. 6, no. 6, eaaw6957
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw6957
Munir Akkaya
1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Abhisheka Bansal
2Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Patrick W. Sheehan
1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Mirna Pena
1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Alvaro Molina-Cruz
2Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Lindsey M. Orchard
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Clare K. Cimperman
1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Chen-Feng Qi
1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Philipp Ross
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Takele Yazew
1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Daniel Sturdevant
4Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Sarah L. Anzick
4Research Technologies Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Girija Thiruvengadam
2Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Thomas Dan Otto
5Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
Oliver Billker
6Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.
7Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden.
Manuel Llinás
3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Huck Center for Malaria Research, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
8Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
Louis H. Miller
2Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
Susan K. Pierce
1Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
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