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Table 1 Comparison of the expression of overlapping regions of PkNBPXb at the surface of COS7 cells

From: Two functional reticulocyte binding-like (RBL) invasion ligands of zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi exhibit differential adhesion to monkey and human erythrocytes

Region of PkNBPXb

% of cells with surface protein expression (IFA – HA antibody)

Binding to rhesus erythrocytes

I

1.1 % +/− 0.6 %

−

II *

3.8 % +/− 1.3 %

+

III **

0

N/A

IV

0.6 % +/− 0.4 %

−

V

1.8 % +/− 0.9 %

−

VI

1.2 % +/− 0.6 %

−

VII

7.3 % +/− 3.7 %

−

VIII

11.5 % +/− 2.2 %

−

  1. * Average number of rosettes for region II observed in fifty fields = 93.
  2. ** Surface expression was not observed in three separate experiments for this region.