PF3D7_1133400 apical membrane antigen 1

RH2a follows the moving junction during invasion. RH2a was costained with AMA1. From top to bottom, immunofluorescence images show merozoites progressing through different stages of invasion: free merozoites, an attached merozoite, a reoriented merozoite whose apical end is facing the red blood cells, and the progression of the moving junction. Bars, 5 mm.

Gunalan K, Gao X, Liew KJ, Preiser PR. Differences in erythrocyte receptor specificity of different parts of the Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homologue 2a. Infect Immun. 2011 79:3421-30. PMID:

Other associated proteins

PFID Formal Annotation
PF3D7_1335400 reticulocyte binding protein 2 homologue a
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