The Thrombospondin-related Protein Family of Apicomplexan Parasites: The Gears of the Cell Invasion Machinery - PubMed (original) (raw)
The Thrombospondin-related Protein Family of Apicomplexan Parasites: The Gears of the Cell Invasion Machinery
S Naitza et al. Parasitol Today. 1998 Dec.
Abstract
A number of severe diseases of medical and veterinary importance are caused by parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa. These parasites invade host cells using similar subcellular structures, organelles and molecular species. Proteins containing one or more copies of the type I repeat of human platelet thrombospondin (TSP1), are crucial components of both locomotion and invasion machinery. Members of this family have been identified in Eimeria tenella, E. maxima, Toxoplasma gondii, Cryptosporidium parvum and in all Plasmodium species so far analysed. Here, Andrea Crisanti and colleagues discuss the structure, localization and current understanding of the function of TSP family members in the invasion of target cells by apicomplexan parasites.
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