DDX56 and malaria: Moreover, many of the Alba-domain proteins in P. falciparum are polysome-associated (13), and, in female gametocytes of the mouse malaria parasite P. berghei, PbAlba1, PbAlba2, and PbAlba3 co-purified with the DOZI (Dead-box RNA helicase) and CITH (homolog of worm CAR-I and fly Trailer Hitch) complex, which is required for translational repression of over 300 maternal mRNAs (16).