Triggers of key calcium signals during erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodium falciparum

• Main Authors: Gao, Xiaohong, Gunalan, Karthigayan, Yap, Sally Shu Lin, Preiser, Peter R.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Cell biology; Microbiology; Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80297; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38858
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Invasion of erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum merozoites is a complex multi-step process mediated by specific interactions between host receptors and parasite ligands. Reticulocytebinding protein homologues (RHs) and erythrocyte-binding-like (EBL) proteins are discharged from specialized organ...