Schematic of the erythrocyte membrane architecture showing interactions and modiļ¬cations that occur during malaria parasite merozoite invasion. Blue arrows indicate P. falciparum merozoite binding ligands and their receptors. Green arrow shows extra-cellular cleavage of SLC4A1 (Band 3) by a parasite-derived protease. Magenta arrows indicate putative erythrocyte cytoskeletal phosphorylation events that arise during invasion. Calcium ions (known to be released during invasion) are shown. Zuccala ES, Baum J. Cytoskeletal and membrane remodelling during malaria parasite invasion of the human erythrocyte. Br J Haematol. 2011 PMID: 21718279.
