For mosquito transmission to occur, the sexual
form gametocytes, which are structurally distinct and have a very different program of gene and protein expression, have to form continually in the blood on a 2 - day cycle.
Not exact matches
Two teams have independently discovered that a single regulatory protein acts as the master genetic switch that triggers the development of male and female sexual
forms (termed
gametocytes) of the malaria parasite, solving a long - standing mystery in parasite biology with important implications for human health.
The parasites split in the patient's red blood cells,
forming male and female sex cells (
gametocytes).