Ppolyclonal antibodies to a carboxy-terminal recombinant fragment conserved between the two clag3 products were prepared. Confocal microscopy with this antibody confirmed reports localizing these proteins to the host cytosol and possibly the erythrocyte membrane as well as within rhoptries of invasive merozoites.

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