Plasmodium falciparum formins are essential for invasion and sexual stage development

Abstract The malaria parasite uses actin-based mechanisms throughout its lifecycle to control a range of biological processes including intracellular trafficking, gene regulation, parasite motility and invasion. In this work we assign functions to the Plasmodium falciparum formins 1 and 2 (FRM1 and...

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Main Authors: Sophie Collier, Emma Pietsch, Madeline Dans, Dawson Ling, Tatyana A. Tavella, Sash Lopaticki, Danushka S. Marapana, Mohini A. Shibu, Dean Andrew, Snigdha Tiash, Paul J. McMillan, Paul Gilson, Leann Tilley, Matthew W. A. Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05233-y