Cryogenic electron tomography reveals novel structures in the apical complex of Plasmodium falciparum

ABSTRACTIntracellular infectious agents, like the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, face the daunting challenge of how to invade a host cell. This problem may be even harder when the host cell in question is the enucleated red blood cell, which lacks the host machinery co-opted by many pathog...

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Main Authors: Stella Y. Sun, Li-av Segev-Zarko, Grigore D. Pintilie, Chi Yong Kim, Sophia R. Staggers, Michael F. Schmid, Elizabeth S. Egan, Wah Chiu, John C. Boothroyd
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Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-04-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02864-23

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