Quantitative analysis of Plasmodium ookinete motion in three dimensions suggests a critical role for cell shape in the biomechanics of malaria parasite gliding motility.

Motility is a fundamental part of cellular life and survival, including for Plasmodium parasites--single-celled protozoan pathogens responsible for human malaria. The motile life cycle forms achieve motility, called gliding, via the activity of an internal actomyosin motor. Although gliding is based...

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Những tác giả chính: Kan, A, Tan, Y, Angrisano, F, Hanssen, E, Rogers, K, Whitehead, L, Mollard, V, Cozijnsen, A, Delves, M, Crawford, S, Sinden, R, McFadden, G, Leckie, C, Bailey, J, Baum, J
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014