A Member of the Ferlin Calcium Sensor Family Is Essential for Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry Secretion

Apicomplexan protozoan parasites, such as those causing malaria and toxoplasmosis, must invade the cells of their hosts in order to establish a pathogenic infection. Timely release of proteins from a series of apical organelles is required for invasion. Neither the vesicular fusion events that under...

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Main Authors: Bradley I. Coleman, Sudeshna Saha, Seiko Sato, Klemens Engelberg, David J. P. Ferguson, Isabelle Coppens, Melissa B. Lodoen, Marc-Jan Gubbels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-10-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01510-18