IMC1g knockdowns reveal malaria blood-stage alveolin functions.
Annie Z
Tremp
;
Sadia
Saeed
;
Johannes T
Dessens
;
(2024)
IMC1g knockdowns reveal malaria blood-stage alveolin functions.
Trends in parasitology, 41 (1).
pp. 16-18.
ISSN 1471-4922
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.012
Plasmodium alveolins are cytoskeletal proteins with important roles in cell shape, tensile strength, and motility of mosquito-stage ookinetes and sporozoites. Two recent studies by Cepeda Diaz et al. and Liu et al. employ inducible knockdown of the essential blood-stage-expressed alveolin IMC1g to identify new roles in merozoite intracellular survival, schizogonic cell division, and male gametogenesis.
Item Type | Article |
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Elements ID | 233924 |
Official URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.012 |
Date Deposited | 18 Dec 2024 11:31 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4042-9074
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-6073