Detection of the Rhoptry Neck Protein Complex in <italic toggle="yes">Plasmodium</italic> Sporozoites and Its Contribution to Sporozoite Invasion of Salivary Glands

ABSTRACT In the Plasmodium life cycle, two infectious stages of parasites, merozoites and sporozoites, share rhoptry and microneme apical structures. A crucial step during merozoite invasion of erythrocytes is the discharge to the host cell membrane of some rhoptry neck proteins as a complex, follow...

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Main Authors: Mamoru Nozaki, Minami Baba, Mayumi Tachibana, Naohito Tokunaga, Motomi Torii, Tomoko Ishino
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b8938d4de65e40aca9cd91e4fd681164
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