3-Dimensional organization and dynamics of the microsporidian polar tube invasion machinery.
Microsporidia, a divergent group of single-celled eukaryotic parasites, harness a specialized harpoon-like invasion apparatus called the polar tube (PT) to gain entry into host cells. The PT is tightly coiled within the transmissible extracellular spore, and is about 20 times the length of the spore...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-09-01
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| Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008738 |