title: Cell invasion by the vertebrate stages of Plasmodium.
abstract: Protozoans of the genus Plasmodium are the causative agents of malaria; they have a complex life cycle involving vertebrate and arthropod hosts and have three distinct invasive stages. Although the invasive stages probably invade cells using similar mechanisms, each stage has a different host cell specificity and utilizes different receptors to enter cells.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA. sinnip01@mcrcr6.med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sinnis
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sim
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014714:Vertebrates
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins