title: Do apicomplexan parasite-encoded proteins act as both ligands and receptors during host cell invasion?
abstract: Apicomplexan parasites are responsible for a wide range of diseases in animals, including humans, in whom Plasmodium species cause the devastating disease malaria. Several recent discoveries now indicate that these intracellular parasites may use a conserved mechanism to infect their host cells by using parasite-encoded proteins as both parasite ligands and receptors anchored to the host cells.
authors.affiliation: Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health 85 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Australia.
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gilson
authors.forename: Brendan S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Crabb