NOVEL PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM GENE ENCODING SIGNAL PEPTIDE PEPTIDASE AND METHODS OF USING INHIBITORS THEREOF FOR INHIBITING MALARIAL INFECTION

摘要

This invention provides reagents, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating and preventing malaria. Specifically, the invention provides methods for inhibiting a Plasmodium parasite, especially Plasmodium falciparum, from invading or replicating in a cell as well as vaccines for preventing malaria.