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Why 1 BILLION people can't get malaria

Why 1 BILLION people can't get malaria

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The Duffy antigen gene (DARC) mutation and GATA1 transcription factor binding site explain how a single T-46C promoter variant causes the Duffy-negative blood type and natural resistance to Plasmodium vivax malaria.


Paper discussed in the video:

Disruption of a GATA motif in the Duffy gene promoter abolishes erythroid gene expression in Duffy–negative individuals

https://www.nature.com/articles/ng0695-224


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