Plasmodium actin is incompletely folded by heterologous protein-folding machinery and likely requires the native Plasmodium chaperonin complex to enter a mature functional state

The I-TASSER Suite: protein structure and function prediction

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Organization and function of an actin cytoskeleton inPlasmodium falciparumgametocytes

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The Toxoplasma Acto-MyoA Motor Complex Is Important but Not Essential for Gliding Motility and Host Cell Invasion

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Structural Differences Explain Diverse Functions of Plasmodium Actins

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Cell-Cell Communication between Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells via Exosome-like Vesicles

(2013) Neta Regev-Rudzki et al.   CELL

The unusual dynamics of parasite actin result from isodesmic polymerization

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PfSET10, a Plasmodium falciparum Methyltransferase, Maintains the Active var Gene in a Poised State during Parasite Division

(2012) Jennifer C. Volz et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Exploring the Role of Topological Frustration in Actin Refolding with Molecular Simulations

(2012) Ji Young Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Spatial Localisation of Actin Filaments across Developmental Stages of the Malaria Parasite

(2012) Fiona Angrisano et al.   PLoS One

A Critical Role of Perinuclear Filamentous Actin in Spatial Repositioning and Mutually Exclusive Expression of Virulence Genes in Malaria Parasites

(2011) Qingfeng Zhang et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Critical role for a stage-specific actin in male exflagellation of the malaria parasite

(2011) Elena Deligianni et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The crystal structure of yeast CCT reveals intrinsic asymmetry of eukaryotic cytosolic chaperonins

(2011) Carien Dekker et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Minimal requirements for actin filament disassembly revealed by structural analysis of malaria parasite actin-depolymerizing factor 1

(2011) W. Wong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionarily Divergent, Unstable Filamentous Actin Is Essential for Gliding Motility in Apicomplexan Parasites

(2011) Kristen M. Skillman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Malaria Parasite Actin Polymerization and Filament Structure

(2010) Stephan Schmitz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Two-step Mechanism for the Folding of Actin by the Yeast Cytosolic Chaperonin

(2010) Sarah F. Stuart et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Equivalent Mutations in the Eight Subunits of the Chaperonin CCT Produce Dramatically Different Cellular and Gene Expression Phenotypes

(2010) Maya Amit et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Quality control of cytoskeletal proteins and human disease

(2010) Victor F. Lundin et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

A single amino acid residue is responsible for species-specific incompatibility between CCT and α-actin

(2009) G.M. Altschuler et al.   FEBS LETTERS

A Malaria Parasite Formin Regulates Actin Polymerization and Localizes to the Parasite-Erythrocyte Moving Junction during Invasion

(2008) Jake Baum et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

A new model for hemoglobin ingestion and transport by the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

(2008) M. D. Lazarus et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

PlasmoDB: a functional genomic database for malaria parasites

(2008) C. Aurrecoechea et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural Basis for Parasite-Specific Functions of the Divergent Profilin of Plasmodium falciparum

(2008) Inari Kursula et al.   STRUCTURE

Host-cell invasion by malaria parasites: insights from Plasmodium and Toxoplasma

(2008) Jake Baum et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY