Gene description for PVX_097720
Gene name	merozoite surface protein 3 alpha (MSP3a)
Gene symbol	PVX_097720
Other names/aliases	-
Species	Plasmodium vivax
Experiment description of studies that identified PVX_097720 in Plasma
1 Experiment ID 2330 Identified molecule Protein Extracellular vesicle type Extracellular vesicles MISEV Small EVs Identification method Western blotting PubMed ID 32487994    Organism Homo sapiens Experiment description Plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from Plasmodium vivax patients signal spleen fibroblasts via NF-kB facilitating parasite cytoadherence Authors Toda H, Diaz-Varela M, Segui-Barber J, Roobsoong W, Baro B, Garcia-Silva S, Galiano A, Gualdrón-López M, Almeida ACG, Brito MAM, de Melo GC, Aparici-Herraiz I, Castro-Cavadía C, Monteiro WM, Borràs E, Sabidó E, Almeida IC, Chojnacki J, Martinez-Picado J, Calvo M, Armengol P, Carmona-Fonseca J, Yasnot MF, Lauzurica R, Marcilla A, Peinado H, Galinski MR, Lacerda MVG, Sattabongkot J, Fernandez-Becerra C, Del Portillo HA. Journal name Nat Commun Publication year 2020 Sample Plasma Sample name Plasmodium vivax (Malaria) patients Isolation/purification methods Centrifugation Size exclusion chromatography Flotation density - Molecules identified in the study Protein Methods used in the study Western blotting Mass spectrometry Flow cytometry EV-TRACK -