PF3D7_1254200 rifin

Indirect fluorescence assay of fixed IEs. (A) Laboratory strains FCR3 (top panels) and Binh1 (bottom panels) were stained with affinity-purified anti-rif-29 antibodies, and the secondary antibody was FITC-conjugated goat anti-human immunoglobulins (green; left panels). Parasite nuclei were visualized with DAPI (blue; middle panels), smaller spots are representative of the ring stages and larger spots are trophozoites. Both images were merged to show concordance (right panels). The protein was localized by fluorescence microscopy on the membrane of ring and young trophozoite-infected erythrocytes

Abdel-Latif MS, Khattab A, Lindenthal C, Kremsner PG, Klinkert MQ. Recognition of variant Rifin antigens by human antibodies induced during natural Plasmodium falciparum infections. Infect Immun. 2002 70:7013-21. PMID:

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