Moving on: How malaria parasites exit the liver

M Scheiner, PC Burda… - Molecular Microbiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
An essential step in the life cycle of malaria parasites is their egress from hepatocytes, which
enables the transition from the asymptomatic liver stage to the pathogenic blood stage of …

PEXEL is a proteolytic maturation site for both exported and non-exported Plasmodium proteins

MA Fierro, A Muheljic, J Sha, J Wohlschlegel, JR Beck - Msphere, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Obligate intracellular malaria parasites dramatically remodel their erythrocyte host through
effector protein export to create a niche for survival. Most exported proteins contain a …