INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICKING IN PLASMODIUM-INFECTED ERYTHROCYTES

Authors
Citation
K. Haldar, INTRACELLULAR TRAFFICKING IN PLASMODIUM-INFECTED ERYTHROCYTES, CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY, 1(4), 1998, pp. 466-471
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
ISSN journal
13695274
Volume
1
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
466 - 471
Database
ISI
SICI code
1369-5274(1998)1:4<466:ITIPE>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The past few years have witnessed considerable progress in molecular a nd biochemical studies of intracellular trafficking in malaria-infecte d red cells. Highlights include the identification of solute channels in the vacuolar membrane and the red blood cell membrane, a tubovesicu lar membrane network that delivers exogenous nutrients and drugs to th e parasite, and parasite gene families that mediate adherence to endot helial cells and red cells.