A Plasmodium phospholipase is involved in disruption of the liver stage parasitophorous vacuole membrane.

The coordinated exit of intracellular pathogens from host cells is a process critical to the success and spread of an infection. While phospholipases have been shown to play important roles in bacteria host cell egress and virulence, their role in the release of intracellular eukaryotic parasites is...

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Main Authors: Paul-Christian Burda, Matthias A Roelli, Marco Schaffner, Shahid M Khan, Chris J Janse, Volker T Heussler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4364735?pdf=render