Thermoregulation in a parasite's life cycle.

作者: Jun Fang , Thomas F. McCutchan

DOI: 10.1038/418742A

关键词: Plasmodium falciparumAdaptive responseSchizogonyParasite hostingThermoregulationEvolutionary biologyBiologyMalaria

摘要: The life cycle of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum goes through three developmental stages (schizogony, gametogony and sporogony), each which presents different environmental constraints that must be met by an adaptive response in parasite. Here we show thermoregulation, transcription select RNAs is upregulated at cooler temperatures, crucial to transition occurs during transmission P. from human mosquito. Our findings offer new insight into how senses reacts its environment.

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