MALARIA: weekly update from Malaria Nexus 10 May 2013

Stable inherited transmission of the bacterium Wolbachia in an anopheline vector population An article recently published in the journal Science describes for the first time the stable inherited transmission of Wolbachia in anopheline mosquitoes.   Posted on 09 May 2013 Postdoctoral vacancy in crystallography/protein chemistry at the University of Copenhagen A postdoctoral position is available at the University of Copenhagen to study the interaction of the PfEMP1 proteins and their ligands and perform crystallographic analyses of these proteins.   Feature Articles   Posted on 09 May 2013 Recent advances in malaria drug discovery Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Volume 23, Issue 10, 15 May 2013, Pages 2829-2843 Marco A. Biamonte, Jutta Wanner, Karine G. Le Roch   Posted on 09 May 2013 Different regulatory mechanisms in protozoan parasitic infections International Journal for Parasitology, Volume 43, Issue 6, May 2013, Pages 417-425 Jessica C. Kling, Heinrich Körner   Posted on 09 May 2013 Chemosensitization potential of P-glycoprotein inhibitors in malaria parasites Experimental Parasitology, Volume 134, Issue 2, June 2013, Pages 235-243 Laura M. Alcantara, Junwon Kim, Carolina B. Moraes, Caio H. Franco, Kathrin D. Franzoi, Sukjun Lee, Lucio H. Freitas-Junior, Lawrence S. Ayong   Posted on 09 May 2013 Synthesis of carbocyclic pyrimidine nucleosides and their inhibitory activities against Plasmodium falciparum thymidylate kinase Parasitology International, Volume 62, Issue 4, August 2013, Pages 368-371 Yoshihiro Noguchi, Yuri Yasuda, Makoto Tashiro, Tadashi Kataoka, Yoshiaki Kitamura, Mahmoud Kandeel, Yukio Kitade

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