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The Plasmodium alveolin IMC1a is stabilised by its terminal cysteine motifs and facilitates sporozoite morphogenesis and infectivity in a dose-dependent manner

Apicomplexan parasites possess a unique cortical cytoskeleton structure composed of intermediate filaments. Its building blocks are provided by a conserved family of proteins named alveolins. The core alveolin structure is made up of tandem repeat sequences, thought to be responsible for the filamen...

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Autores principales: Al-Khattaf, Fatimah S., Tremp, Annie Z., El-Houderi, Amira, Dessens, Johannes T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5223771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27693349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2016.09.004