Breaking and entering: How parasites prepare host cells for invasion

At first, cholesterol and glycosylation seemed like two separate leads. As the researchers followed them, however, the pathways converged.

Before the parasite Toxoplasma gondii can invade a cell, it has to know it has reached the right place. New research from the Whitehead Institute reveals that the parasite doesn't simply recognize a ready-made doorway into the cell. Instead, it helps create the conditions for…