Olivieri et al. exploit floating properties of microdomain-associated proteins to investigate host proteins important for Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte invasion. Using proteomic and bioinformatic approaches, they analyze clusters of protein abundance profiles from detergent resistant membranes (DRMs) of erythrocytes and identify a host protein, ART4, important for P. falciparum invasion into RBCs.
- Anna Olivieri
- Rebecca S. Lee
- Marta Ponzi