A conserved ankyrin repeat-containing protein regulates conoid stability, motility and cell invasion in Toxoplasma gondii
Apicomplexan parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii possess a tubulin-rich structure called the conoid. Here, Long et al. identify a conoid protein that interacts with motor and structural proteins and is required for structural integrity of the conoid, parasite motility, and host cell invasion.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02341-2 |