An Uninvited Seat at the Dinner Table: How Apicomplexan Parasites Scavenge Nutrients from the Host

An Uninvited Seat at the Dinner Table: How Apicomplexan Parasites Scavenge Nutrients from the Host

Obligate intracellular parasites have evolved a remarkable assortment of strategies to scavenge nutrients from the host cells they parasitize. Most apicomplexans form a parasitophorous vacuole (PV) within the invaded cell, a replicative niche within which they survive and multiply. As well as provid...

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Main Authors: Federica Piro, Riccardo Focaia, Zhicheng Dou, Silvia Masci, David Smith, Manlio Di Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
Apicomplexa
<i>Plasmodium</i>
<i>Toxoplasma</i>
transporters
channels
pumps
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/12/2592

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