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Epigenetic Variation and Regulation in Malaria Parasites by Duraisingh, Manoj T, Skillman, Kristen M

“…Eukaryotic pathogens must survive in different hosts, respond to changing environments, and exploit specialized niches to propagate. Plasmodium parasites cause…”
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A Plasmodium falciparum Histone Deacetylase Regulates Antigenic Variation and Gametocyte Conversion by Coleman, Bradley I., Skillman, Kristen M., Jiang, Rays H.Y., Childs, Lauren M., Altenhofen, Lindsey M., Ganter, Markus, Leung, Yvette, Goldowitz, Ilana, Kafsack, Björn F.C., Marti, Matthias, Llinás, Manuel, Buckee, Caroline O., Duraisingh, Manoj T.

“…The asexual forms of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum are adapted for chronic persistence in human red blood cells, continuously evading host…”
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Evolutionarily divergent, unstable filamentous actin is essential for gliding motility in apicomplexan parasites by Skillman, Kristen M, Diraviyam, Karthikeyan, Khan, Asis, Tang, Keliang, Sept, David, Sibley, L David

“…Apicomplexan parasites rely on a novel form of actin-based motility called gliding, which depends on parasite actin polymerization, to migrate through their…”
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Functional analysis of sirtuin genes in multiple Plasmodium falciparum strains by Merrick, Catherine J, Jiang, Rays H Y, Skillman, Kristen M, Samarakoon, Upeka, Moore, Rachel M, Dzikowski, Ron, Ferdig, Michael T, Duraisingh, Manoj T

“…Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of severe human malaria, employs antigenic variation to avoid host immunity. Antigenic variation is achieved by…”
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International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research for South Asia and Broader Malaria Research in India by Mascarenhas, Anjali, Chakrabarti, Rimi, Chery-Karschney, Laura, White, John, Skillman, Kristen M, Kanjee, Usheer, Babar, Prasad H, Patrapuvich, Rapatbhorn, Mohanty, Ajeet Kumar, Duraisingh, Manoj T, Rathod, Pradipsinh K

“…The Malaria Evolution in South Asia (MESA) International Center of Excellence for Malaria Research (ICEMR) conducted research studies at multiple sites in…”
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Development of a Plasmodium vivax biobank for functional ex vivo assays by Dash, Rashmi, Skillman, Kristen M, Pereira, Ligia, Mascarenhas, Anjali, Dass, Sheena, Walke, Jayashri, Almeida, Anvily, Fernandes, Mezia, Gomes, Edwin, White, John, Chery-Karschney, Laura, Khandeparkar, Anar, Rathod, Pradipsinh K, Duraisingh, Manoj T, Kanjee, Usheer

“…Background Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent cause of malaria yet remains challenging to study due to the lack of a continuous in vitro culture…”
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Incorporation of a polypeptide segment into the β-domain pore during the assembly of a bacterial autotransporter by Ieva, Raffaele, Skillman, Kristen M, Bernstein, Harris D

“…Bacterial autotransporters consist of an N-terminal 'passenger domain' that is transported into the extracellular space by an unknown mechanism and a…”
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Diverse Malaria Presentations across National Institutes of Health South Asia International Center for Excellence in Malaria Research Sites in India by Chakrabarti, Rimi, Chery-Karschney, Laura, White, John, Mascarenhas, Anjali, Skillman, Kristen M, Kanjee, Usheer, Babar, Prasad H, Patrapuvich, Rapatbhorn, Mohapatra, Pradyumna Kishore, Patankar, Swati, Smith, Joseph D, Anvikar, Anup, Valecha, Neena, Rahi, Manju, Duraisingh, Manoj T, Rathod, Pradipsinh K

“…The Malaria Evolution in South Asia (MESA) International Center for Excellence in Malaria Research (ICEMR) was established by the US National Institutes of…”
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The unusual dynamics of parasite actin result from isodesmic polymerization by Skillman, Kristen M., Ma, Christopher I., Fremont, Daved H., Diraviyam, Karthikeyan, Cooper, John A., Sept, David, Sibley, L. David

“…Previous reports have indicated that parasite actins are short and inherently unstable, despite being required for motility. Here we re-examine the…”
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Toxoplasma gondii Profilin Acts Primarily To Sequester G-Actin While Formins Efficiently Nucleate Actin Filament Formation in Vitro by Skillman, Kristen M, Daher, Wassim, Ma, Christopher I, Soldati-Favre, Dominique, Sibley, L. David

“…Apicomplexan parasites employ gliding motility that depends on the polymerization of parasite actin filaments for host cell entry. Despite this requirement,…”
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An Unusual Signal Peptide Facilitates Late Steps in the Biogenesis of a Bacterial Autotransporter by Szabady, Rose L., Peterson, Janine H., Skillman, Kristen M., Bernstein, Harris D., Schekman, Randy

“…Bacterial autotransporters are proteins that use a C-terminal porin-like domain to facilitate the transport of an upstream "passenger domain" across the outer…”
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Efficient secretion of a folded protein domain by a monomeric bacterial autotransporter by Skillman, Kristen M., Barnard, Travis J., Peterson, Janine H., Ghirlando, Rodolfo, Bernstein, Harris D.

“…Summary Bacterial autotransporters are proteins that contain a small C‐terminal ‘β domain’ that facilitates translocation of a large N‐terminal ‘passenger…”
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Demographic and clinical profiles of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax patients at a tertiary care centre in southwestern India by Chery, Laura, Maki, Jennifer N, Mascarenhas, Anjali, Walke, Jayashri T, Gawas, Pooja, Almeida, Anvily, Fernandes, Mezia, Vaz, Marina, Ramanan, Rakesh, Shirodkar, Diksha, Bernabeu, Maria, Manoharan, Suresh Kumar, Pereira, Ligia, Dash, Rashmi, Sharma, Ambika, Shaik, Riaz Basha, Chakrabarti, Rimi, Babar, Prasad, White, 3rd, John, Mudeppa, Devaraja G, Kumar, Shiva, Zuo, Wenyun, Skillman, Kristen M, Kanjee, Usheer, Lim, Caeul, Shaw-Saliba, Kathryn, Kumar, Ashwani, Valecha, Neena, Jindal, V N, Khandeparkar, Anar, Naik, Pradeep, Amonkar, Sunanda, Duraisingh, Manoj T, Tuljapurkar, Shripad, Smith, Joseph D, Dubhashi, Nagesh, Pinto, Roque G W, Silveria, Maria, Gomes, Edwin, Rathod, Pradipsinh K

“…Malaria remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in India. Though many comprehensive studies have been carried out in Africa and Southeast Asia to…”
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Linking nutrient sensing and gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum blood‐stage parasites by Kumar, Manish, Skillman, Kristen, Duraisingh, Manoj T.

“…Malaria is one of the most life‐threatening infectious diseases worldwide, caused by infection of humans with parasites of the genus Plasmodium. The complex…”
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GLOBALIZATION, POLITICS, AND THE POOR: Introduction—Globalization, Politics, and the Poor by Rudra, Nita, Skillman, Kristen

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Introduction—Globalization, Politics, and the Poor by Rudra, Nita, Skillman, Kristen

“…Introduces a special journal section on "Globalization, Politics, and the Poor"…”
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Toxoplasma Gondii Actin Assembles via Isodesmic Polymerization by Skillman, Kristen M., Ma, Christopher, Diraviyam, Karthikeyan, Fremont, Daved H., Cooper, John A., Sibley, L. David, Sept, David

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Molecular Basis for the Instability of Parasitic Actin Filaments by Diraviyam, Karthikeyan, Skillman, Kristen, Sibley, David, Sept, David

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Incorporation of a polypeptide segment into the 3-domain pore during the assembly of a bacterial autotransporter by Ieva, Raffaele, Skillman, Kristen M, Bernstein, Harris D

“…Bacterial autotransporters consist of an N-terminal 'passenger domain' that is transported into the extracellular space by an unknown mechanism and a…”
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Functional Analysis of Sirtuin Genes in Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Strains: e0118865 by Merrick, Catherine J, Jiang, Rays HY, Skillman, Kristen M, Samarakoon, Upeka, Moore, Rachel M, Dzikowski, Ron, Ferdig, Michael T, Duraisingh, Manoj T

“…Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of severe human malaria, employs antigenic variation to avoid host immunity. Antigenic variation is achieved by…”
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