ATAD1 and malaria: ‘Falciparumized’ rodent parasites in which the MSP1 EGF domains have been replaced by the equivalent region from other malaria species [43,44] have been used [45], but parasites that contain at least the full-length P. falciparum MSP119 [46] and longer chimeric or full-length MSP1 are required to be able to easily test the outcome of modifications to this molecule.