Export of a Toxoplasma gondii rhoptry neck protein complex at the host cell membrane to form the moving junction during invasion.

One of the most conserved features of the invasion process in Apicomplexa parasites is the formation of a moving junction (MJ) between the apex of the parasite and the host cell membrane that moves along the parasite and serves as support to propel it inside the host cell. The MJ was, up to a recent...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Besteiro, Adeline Michelin, Joël Poncet, Jean-François Dubremetz, Maryse Lebrun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2642630?pdf=render