Journal of Molecular Cell Biology Advance Access published online on October 4, 2009
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, doi:10.1093/jmcb/mjp024
Home Improvements: How the Malaria Parasite Makes the Red Blood Cell Home Sweet Home
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
* Correspondence to: Andrew P. Waters, E-mail: a.waters{at}bio.gla.ac.uk
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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.