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Matthew WA Dixon

Research Fellow, University of Melbourne.
Verified email at unimelb.edu.au
Cited by 3962

Plasmodium species: master renovators of their host cells

TF de Koning-Ward, MWA Dixon, L Tilley… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Plasmodium parasites, the causative agents of malaria, have developed elaborate strategies
that they use to survive and thrive within different intracellular environments. During the …

The Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cell

L Tilley, MWA Dixon, K Kirk - The international journal of biochemistry & …, 2011 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent of the human malaria parasites, causes up to one
million deaths per year. The parasite spends part of its lifecycle inside the red blood cells (…

Sex in Plasmodium: a sign of commitment

MWA Dixon, J Thompson, DL Gardiner… - Trends in …, 2008 - cell.com
The gametocyte, or sexual blood-stage, of the malaria parasite represents the only stage of
the parasite that can be transmitted to the mosquito vector following sexual development …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial metabolism of sexual and asexual blood stages of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

JI MacRae, MWA Dixon, MK Dearnley, HH Chua… - BMC biology, 2013 - Springer
Background The carbon metabolism of the blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum, comprising
rapidly dividing asexual stages and non-dividing gametocytes, is thought to be highly …

Soft X-ray microscopy analysis of cell volume and hemoglobin content in erythrocytes infected with asexual and sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum

…, C Knoechel, M Dearnley, MWA Dixon… - Journal of structural …, 2012 - Elsevier
Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent agent of human malaria, undergoes both asexual
cycling and sexual differentiation inside erythrocytes. As the intraerythrocytic parasite …

A Cluster of Ring Stage–specific Genes Linked to a Locus Implicated in Cytoadherence in Plasmodium falciparum Codes for PEXEL-negative and PEXEL-positive …

T Spielmann, PL Hawthorne, MWA Dixon… - Molecular biology of …, 2006 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum export proteins into their erythrocyte host, thereby
inducing extensive host cell modifications that become apparent after the first half of the …

Origin, composition, organization and function of the inner membrane complex of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes

…, CB Whitchurch, L Tilley, MWA Dixon - Journal of cell …, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
The most virulent of the human malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum, undergoes a
remarkable morphological transformation as it prepares itself for sexual reproduction and …

Multiple stiffening effects of nanoscale knobs on human red blood cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite

…, S Kim, M Golkaram, MWA Dixon… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
During its asexual development within the red blood cell (RBC), Plasmodium falciparum (Pf),
the most virulent human malaria parasite, exports proteins that modify the host RBC …

Effect of Antimalarial Drugs on Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytes

…, TS Skinner-Adams, MWA Dixon… - The Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Gametocytes are the sexual stage of the malaria parasite and are essential for transmission
to the mosquito. Antimalarial drugs have been reported to affect gametocyte production in …

The Plasmodium translocon of exported proteins (PTEX) component thioredoxin‐2 is important for maintaining normal blood‐stage growth

…, A Sturm, CD Goodman, MWA Dixon… - Molecular …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
P lasmodium parasites remodel their vertebrate host cells by translocating hundreds of proteins
across an encasing membrane into the host cell cytosol via a putative export machinery …