Shahar M, Qasem A, Shamay E, Tissawak A, Maron Y & Florentin A. (2025) Independent nuclear and organellar mechanisms determine apicoplast fate in malaria parasites. Journal of Cell Biology. 225 (2): e202504052. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202504052
Shankar H, Shahar M, Florentin A. (2025) Apicoplast [ā′-pik-ō-plast]. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025;31(9):1847. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3109.241446
Tissawak A., Rosin Y., Katz Galay S., Qasem A., Shahar M., Trabelsi N., Furman-Schueler O., Johnson SM. and Florentin A. (2025) A chaperonin complex regulates organelle proteostasis in malaria parasites. PLOS Pathogens. 21(7): e1013275.
Shankar H., De A. and Florentin A. (2024) Hepcidin: A missing link at the interface of malaria and hypertension. Intl J Infec Dis Regions. 13: 100463, ISSN 2772-7076.
Ben-Hur S, Sernik S, Afar S, Kolpakova A, Politi Y, Gal L, Florentin A, Golani O, Sivan E, Dezorella N, Morgenstern D, Pietrokovski S, Yacobi-Sharon K, Arama E. (2024) Egg multivesicular bodies elicit anLC3-associated phagocytosis-like pathway to degrade paternal mitochondria after fertilization. Nature communications. 15, 5715.
Kijner S, Ennis D, Shmorak S, Florentin A,Yassour M.(2024) CRISPR-Cas-based identification of a sialylated human milk oligosaccharides utilization cluster in the infant gut commensal Bacteroides dorei. Nature communications. 15(1):105.
Elaagip A., Absalon S. & Florentin A. (2022) Apicoplast Dynamics During Plasmodium Cell Cycle. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 12:864819.
Florentin A. (2021) mSphere of Influence: courage and resilience in life and science. mSphere 6:e00200-21
Florentin A, Stephens DR, Brooks CF, Muralidharan V. (2020) Plastid biogenesis in malaria parasites requires the interactions and catalytic activity of the Clp proteolytic system. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 117; (24) 13719-13729
Florentin A, Cobb DW, Kudyba HM, Muralidharan V. (2020) Directing traffic: Chaperone-mediated protein transport in malaria parasites. Cellular Microbiology. 22; (7) e13215
Zimbres FM, Valenciano AL, Merino EF, Holderman NR, Florentin A, He G, Wang X, Muralidharan V, Cassera MB. (2020) Metabolomics profiling reveals new aspects of dolichol biosynthesis in Plasmodium falciparum. Scientific Reports. 10; (1) 13264
Kudyba HM, Cobb DW, Fierro MA, Florentin A, Ljolie D, Singh B, Lucchi NW, and Muralidharan, V. (2019) The ER Chaperone PfGRP170 Is Essential for Asexual Development and Is Linked to Stress Response in Malaria Parasites. Cellular Microbiology. 21:e13042
Kudyba HM, Cobb DW, Florentin A, Krakowiak M, Muralidharan V. (2018) CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing to Make Conditional Mutants of Human Malaria Parasite P. falciparum. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (139), e57747
Gorelick-Ashkenazi A, Weiss R*, Sapozhnikov L*, Florentin A*, Tarayrah-Ibraheim L, Dweik D, Yacobi-Sharon K, Arama E. (2018) Caspases Maintain Tissue Integrity by an Apoptosis Independent Inhibition of Cell Migration and Invasion. (* – equal contributions). Nature communications. 18;9(1):2806
Florentin A, Cobb DW, Fishburn JD, Cipriano MJ, Kim PS, Fierro MA, Striepen B, and Muralidharan V. (2017) PfClpC is an Essential Clp Chaperone Required for Plastid Integrity and Clp Protease Stability in Plasmodium falciparum. Cell Reports. 21(7):1746-1756
Cobb DW*, Florentin A*, Fierro MA, Krakowiak M, Moore JM, and Muralidharan V. (2017) The Exported Chaperone Pfhsp70x is Dispensable for Plasmodium falciparum Intraerythrocytic Lifecycle (* – equal contributions). mSphere. 2: e00363-17
Florentin A. and Arama E. (2012). Caspase Levels and Execution Efficiencies Determine the Apoptotic Potential of the Cell. Journal of Cell Biology. 196:513-27