Multiple essential functions of Plasmodium falciparum actin-1 during malaria blood-stage development

Multiple essential functions of Plasmodium falciparum actin-1 during malaria blood-stage development

Abstract Background The phylum Apicomplexa includes intracellular parasites causing immense global disease burden, the deadliest of them being the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which invades and replicates within erythrocytes. The cytoskeletal protein actin is well conserved within a...

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Main Authors: Sujaan Das, Leandro Lemgruber, Chwen L. Tay, Jake Baum, Markus Meissner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Actin
Cytoskeleton
Invasion
Apicoplast
Cytokinesis
Egress
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0406-2

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