Molecular mechanisms of gliding motility in Plasmodium merozoites

Objectives

*Original title and text were machine translated from Japanese.

This research focuses on the recently discovered “gliding movement” of malaria parasites used during the erythrocyte invasion stage, and works with overseas collaborators to investigate the gliding movement of malaria parasites in the erythroid stage through drug-induced gene knockout and interactome analysis to clarify molecules and their molecular mechanisms.