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Researchers say they have characterized the cyclin protein family in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei.
The team found there are only 3 cyclins in this parasite, but one of these, the single P-type cyclin CYC3, plays a “vital role” in parasite development in the mosquito.
The researchers believe this work, published in PLoS Pathogens, could pave the way to a better understanding of malaria parasites and lead to potential new treatments.
“This first functional study of cyclin in the malaria parasite and its consequences in parasite development within pathogen-carrying mosquitoes will definitely further our understanding of parasite cell division, which I hope will lead to the elimination of this disease in the future,” said study author Magali Roques, PhD, of the University of Nottingham in the UK. 
Photo by James Gathany
Researchers say they have characterized the cyclin protein family in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei.
The team found there are only 3 cyclins in this parasite, but one of these, the single P-type cyclin CYC3, plays a “vital role” in parasite development in the mosquito.
The researchers believe this work, published in PLoS Pathogens, could pave the way to a better understanding of malaria parasites and lead to potential new treatments.
“This first functional study of cyclin in the malaria parasite and its consequences in parasite development within pathogen-carrying mosquitoes will definitely further our understanding of parasite cell division, which I hope will lead to the elimination of this disease in the future,” said study author Magali Roques, PhD, of the University of Nottingham in the UK.
Photo by James Gathany
Researchers say they have characterized the cyclin protein family in the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei.
The team found there are only 3 cyclins in this parasite, but one of these, the single P-type cyclin CYC3, plays a “vital role” in parasite development in the mosquito.
The researchers believe this work, published in PLoS Pathogens, could pave the way to a better understanding of malaria parasites and lead to potential new treatments.
“This first functional study of cyclin in the malaria parasite and its consequences in parasite development within pathogen-carrying mosquitoes will definitely further our understanding of parasite cell division, which I hope will lead to the elimination of this disease in the future,” said study author Magali Roques, PhD, of the University of Nottingham in the UK.