Malaria parasite LIMP protein regulates sporozoite gliding motility and infectivity in mosquito and mammalian hosts
Gliding motility allows malaria parasites to migrate and invade tissues and cells in different hosts.It requires parasite surface proteins to provide southwestern aztec rug attachment to host cells and extracellular matrices.Here, we identify the Plasmodium protein LIMP (the name refers to a gliding phenotype in the sporozoite arising from epitope