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ReviewMalaria journal2025

Unusual replication dynamics during Plasmodium falciparum schizogony.

Rosie Berners-Lee, Terry K Smith

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Review in Malaria journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rosie Berners-LeeSchool of Biology, Biomedical Sciences Research, Complex University of St Andrews North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
Terry K SmithSchool of Biology, Biomedical Sciences Research, Complex University of St Andrews North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK. tks1@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum causes the most severe form of malaria in humans, and disease severity is directly linked to parasite proliferation during the erythrocytic cycle. During this cycle, P. falciparum replicates via schizogony. This is an unusual form of asexual replication in which the parasite undergoes alternating asynchronous rounds of DNA replication and nuclear division within a shared cytoplasm, followed by a mass cytokinesis event that produces numerous daughter cells. Despite recent advances in high-throughput, single-molecule techniques, clarity on P. falciparum replication dynamics remains elusive. These dynamics are likely shaped by its highly AT-rich genome and the unique pressures of schizogony. Clarifying the pressures that shape schizogony and DNA replication may reveal parasite-specific vulnerabilities and inform the development of new antimalarials.

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DNA ReplicationPlasmodium falciparumErythrocytesHumansDNA replicationMalariaNuclear divisionsPlasmodium falciparumReplication dynamicsSchizogony

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PMID41316302
PMCPMC12664211

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