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Kirsten Dundas

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Segireddy R, Belda H, Yang A, Dundas K, Knoeckel J, Galaway F, et al.
Malar J . 2024 May; 23(1):151. PMID: 38755636
Background: Sporozoite invasion of hepatocytes is an essential step in the Plasmodium life-cycle and has similarities, at the cellular level, to merozoite invasion of erythrocytes. In the case of the...
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Knockel J, Dundas K, Yang A, Galaway F, Metcalf T, van Gemert G, et al.
Mol Cell Proteomics . 2021 Jan; 20:100038. PMID: 33515807
Sporozoites are a motile form of malaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasites that migrate from the site of transmission in the dermis through the bloodstream to invade hepatocytes. Sporozoites interact with many...
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Dundas K, Shears M, Sinnis P, Wright G
Trends Parasitol . 2018 Dec; 35(2):129-139. PMID: 30583849
Malaria is an infectious disease, caused by Plasmodium parasites, that remains a major global health problem. Infection begins when salivary gland sporozoites are transmitted through the bite of an infected...
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Dundas K, Shears M, Sun Y, Hopp C, Crosnier C, Metcalf T, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2018 Apr; 115(17):4477-4482. PMID: 29632205
Malaria-causing sporozoites are deposited in the dermis by the bite of an infected mosquito and move by gliding motility to the liver where they invade and develop within host hepatocytes....
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Modrzynska K, Pfander C, Chappell L, Yu L, Suarez C, Dundas K, et al.
Cell Host Microbe . 2017 Jan; 21(1):11-22. PMID: 28081440
A family of apicomplexa-specific proteins containing AP2 DNA-binding domains (ApiAP2s) was identified in malaria parasites. This family includes sequence-specific transcription factors that are key regulators of development. However, functions for...