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ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2023

The multifaceted roles of Myb domain-containing proteins in apicomplexan parasites.

Dominic Schwarz, Sebastian Lourido

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Gene regulation inCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Dominic SchwarzWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Sebastian LouridoWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: lourido@wi.mit.edu.

Funding

Development and maintenance of chronic toxoplasmosisR01AI158501 · NIAID · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI LOURIDO, SEBASTIAN · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI158501
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apicomplexan parasites are a large and diverse clade of protists responsible for significant diseases of humans and animals. Central to the ability of these parasites to colonize their host and evade immune responses is an expanded repertoire of gene-expression programs that requires the coordinated action of complex transcriptional networks. DNA-binding proteins and chromatin regulators are essential orchestrators of apicomplexan gene expression that often act in concert. Although apicomplexan genomes encode various families of putative DNA-binding proteins, most remain functionally and mechanistically unexplored. This review highlights the versatile role of myeloblastosis (Myb) domain-containing proteins in apicomplexan parasites as transcription factors and chromatin regulators. We explore the diversity of Myb domain structure and use phylogenetic analysis to identify common features across the phylum. This provides a framework to discuss functional heterogeneity and regulation of Myb domain-containing proteins particularly emphasizing their role in parasite differentiation.

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ParasitesAnimalsChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansPhylogenyTranscription FactorsChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID37866202
PMCPMC10872578

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