Structure and Non-Essential Function of Glycerol Kinase in Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Stages.
Schnick, C., Polley, S.D., Fivelman, Q.L., Ranford-Cartwright, L., Wilkinson, S.R., Brannigan, J.A., Wilkinson, A.J., Baker, D.A.(2009) Mol Microbiol 71: 533
- PubMed: 19040641 
- DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06544.x
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2W40, 2W41 - PubMed Abstract: 
Malaria pathology is caused by multiplication of asexual parasites within erythrocytes, whereas mosquito transmission of malaria is mediated by sexual precursor cells (gametocytes). Microarray analysis identified glycerol kinase (GK) as the second most highly upregulated gene in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes with no expression detectable in asexual blood stage parasites ...