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Figure 25-27. Invasion of Trypansoma cruzi.

Figure 25-27Invasion of Trypansoma cruzi

.This parasite recruits host cell lysosomes to its site of attachment. The lysosomes fuse with the plasma membrane to create a vacuole constructed almost entirely of lysosomal membrane. After a brief stay in the vacuole, the parasite secretes a protein (porin) that disrupts the vacuolar membrane, allowing the parasite to escape into the host cell cytosol and replicate.

From: Cell Biology of Infection

Cover of Molecular Biology of the Cell
Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th edition.
Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, et al.
New York: Garland Science; 2002.
Copyright © 2002, Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and Peter Walter; Copyright © 1983, 1989, 1994, Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, and James D. Watson .

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