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Aug 2026
The single cell transcriptional signature of sexual commitment in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
The data suggest that sexually committed schizonts may be in a transcriptionally bipotential state and sexual development becomes irreversible only at the post transcriptional level, which provides a rationale for systematic functional dissection of this elusive yet essential phase in the parasite cycle.
Lauren Galloway, Fiona Achcar, Barbara H. Stokes et al.
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