Publications
Publications
Anaguano D, Adewale-Fasoro O, Vick GW, Yanik S, Blauwkamp J, Fierro MA, et al. (2024) Plasmodium RON11 triggers biogenesis of the merozoite rhoptry pair and is essential for erythrocyte invasion. PLoS Biol 22(9): e3002801. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002801. PMID: 39292724
Fierro MA, Muheljic A, Sha J, Wohlschlegel J, Beck JR. PEXEL is a proteolytic maturation site for both exported and non-exported Plasmodium proteins. mSphere. 2024 Feb 28;9(2):e0039323. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00393-23. Epub 2024 Feb 9. PMID: 38334391
Fierro MA, Hussain T, Campin LJ, Beck JR. Knock-sideways by inducible ER retrieval enables a unique approach for studying Plasmodium-secreted proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Aug 15;120(33):e2308676120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2308676120. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PMID: 37552754
Hussain T, Linera-Gonzalez J, Beck JM, Fierro MA, Mair GR, Smith RC, Beck JR. The PTEX Pore Component EXP2 Is Important for Intrahepatic Development during the Plasmodium Liver Stage. mBio. 2022 Dec 20;13(6):e0309622. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03096-22. Epub 2022 Nov 29. PMID: 36445080
Fierro MA, Asady B, Brooks CF, Cobb DW, Villegas A, Moreno SNJ, Muralidharan V. An Endoplasmic Reticulum CREC Family Protein Regulates the Egress Proteolytic Cascade in Malaria Parasites. mBio. 2020 Feb 25;11(1). doi: 10.1128/mBio.03078-19. PMID: 32098818
Kudyba HM, Cobb DW, Fierro MA, Florentin A, Ljolje D, Singh B, Lucchi NW, Muralidharan V. The endoplasmic reticulum chaperone PfGRP170 is essential for asexual development and is linked to stress response in malaria parasites. Cell Microbiol. 2019 Sep;21(9):e13042. doi: 10.1111/cmi.13042. Epub 2019 Jun 6. PMID: 31087747
Florentin A, Cobb DW, Fishburn JD, Cipriano MJ, Kim PS, Fierro MA, Striepen B, Muralidharan V. PfClpC Is an Essential Clp Chaperone Required for Plastid Integrity and Clp Protease Stability in Plasmodium falciparum. Cell Rep. 2017 Nov 14;21(7):1746-1756. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.081. PMID: 29141210
Cobb DW, Florentin A, Fierro MA, Krakowiak M, Moore JM, Muralidharan V. The Exported Chaperone PfHsp70x Is Dispensable for the Plasmodium falciparum Intraerythrocytic Life Cycle. mSphere. 2017 Sep-Oct;2(5). doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00363-17. eCollection 2017 Sep-Oct. PMID: 28959740