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 Cases 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 providing a physical barrier against host cell defen