title: Home improvements: how the malaria parasite makes the red blood cell home sweet home.
abstract: A recent study published in Nature by de Koning-Ward et al. provides further insights into the way in which the lethal malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, remodels the host red blood cell during the pathogenic blood stage of development.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biomedical Life Sciences, Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, UK.
authors.forename: G Lucas
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Starnes
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Waters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000469:parasitology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000469:parasitology*; D051379:Mice; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins