Apicomplexan Parasites Co-Opt Host Calpains to Facilitate Their Escape from Infected Cells

A calpain unique to alveolates is essential in Plasmodium falciparum and its knockdown reveals an involvement in pre-S-phase development

(2009) I. Russo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Irreversible effect of cysteine protease inhibitors on the release of malaria parasites from infected erythrocytes

(2008) Svetlana Glushakova et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Organellar dynamics during the cell cycle of Toxoplasma gondii

(2008) M. Nishi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Calcium-bound structure of calpain and its mechanism of inhibition by calpastatin

(2008) Rachel A. Hanna et al.   NATURE

Concerted multi-pronged attack by calpastatin to occlude the catalytic cleft of heterodimeric calpains

(2008) Tudor Moldoveanu et al.   NATURE

Abscisic acid controls calcium-dependent egress and development in Toxoplasma gondii

(2008) Kisaburo Nagamune et al.   NATURE

Identification of proteases that regulate erythrocyte rupture by the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

(2008) Shirin Arastu-Kapur et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Rapid Membrane Disruption by a Perforin-Like Protein Facilitates Parasite Exit from Host Cells

(2008) B. F. C. Kafsack et al.   SCIENCE