Gene disruption confirms a critical role for the cysteine protease falcipain-2 in hemoglobin hydrolysis by Plasmodium falciparum.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on March 15, 2004

Authors

Puran S Sijwali1, Philip J Rosenthal

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1: Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

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