image: Sickle cells infected with malaria parasites expressing the green fluorescence protein. Cyrklaff et al. propose that the sickle cell hemoglobin protects against severe malaria by preventing the remodeling of the red cell's actin. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Nov. 10, 2011, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. M. Cyrklaff of Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany, and colleagues, was titled, "Hemoglobins S and C interfere with Actin Remodeling in Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes." view more
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