title: Inside scoop on outside proteins.
abstract: Invasion into red blood cells is an essential step in the life cycle of parasites that cause human malaria. Antibodies targeting the key parasite proteins in this process are important for developing a protective immune response. In the current issue, Boyle and colleagues provide a detailed examination of Plasmodium falciparum invasion and specifically illuminate the fate of surface-exposed parasite proteins during and immediately after invasion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dvorin
mesh_terms: D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D052940:Merozoites / Q000378:metabolism*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000378:metabolism*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins