MESA is a Plasmodium falciparum phosphoprotein associated with the erythrocyte membrane skeleton
RL Coppel, S Lustigman, L Murray… - Molecular and biochemical …, 1988 - Elsevier
The mature-parasite-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (MESA) of Plasmodium falciparum
is an antigenically variable, high molecular weight protein of trophozoites and schizonts that
is located at the erythrocyte surface membrane. It is first synthesized at the late ring stage
and continues to be synthesized until late schizogony. MESA cannot be detected on the
external surface of erythrocytes infected by trophozoites and early schizonts but is located at
the internal surface in association with the erythrocyte membrane skeleton. The degree of …
is an antigenically variable, high molecular weight protein of trophozoites and schizonts that
is located at the erythrocyte surface membrane. It is first synthesized at the late ring stage
and continues to be synthesized until late schizogony. MESA cannot be detected on the
external surface of erythrocytes infected by trophozoites and early schizonts but is located at
the internal surface in association with the erythrocyte membrane skeleton. The degree of …