Malaria parasite centrins can assemble by Ca2+-inducible condensation.

Centrins are small calcium-binding proteins that have a variety of roles and are universally associated with eukaryotic centrosomes. Rapid proliferation of the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum in the human blood depends on a particularly divergent and acentriolar centrosome, which inco...

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Main Authors: Yannik Voß, Severina Klaus, Nicolas P Lichti, Markus Ganter, Julien Guizetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011899&type=printable