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Chirality of malaria parasites determines their motion patterns

Year: 2025

Type: article

Source: Nature Physics

DOI: 10.1038/s41567-025-03096-0

Authors: Leon Lettermann, Mirko Singer, Smilla Steinbrück, Falko Ziebert, Sachie Kanatani, Photini Sinnis, Friedrich Frischknecht, Ulrich S. Schwarz

Institutions: Heidelberg University, Johns Hopkins University, German Center for Infection Research

Language: English

Topic: Micro and Nano Robotics

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: closed

Funders: Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, National Institutes of Health

Awards: Strukturelle Grundlagen und biologische Funktion von Chiralität in der Bewegung von MalariaParasiten, Image-based quantification of Plasmodium sporozoites in a single oocyst using deep learning-based segmentation and 3D reconstruction, G1692958442, SFB 1129: Integrative Analyse der Replikation und Ausbreitung pathogener Erreger, G2628649996, Investigating the Mechanisms Underlying Mosquito Infectiousness in Malaria, G7894272601

OpenAlex ID: W4416599615

FWCI: 2.025

Cites: 60

Cited by: 7

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