#  Moving in on what makes malaria move \[BCH Vector Blog\] 

 





January 12, 2013

 

 

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*Published in Vector, Boston Children's Hospital's science and clinical innovation blog*

A team led by Timothy A. Springer, Ph.D., of Boston Children's Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, used X-ray crystallography to work out both the three-dimensional structure of TRAP and how it changes shape as it helps the parasite move about. \[[Read More](http://vectorblog.org/2013/01/moving-in-on-what-makes-malaria-move/)\]



 

 

 

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