Plasmodium falciparum goes bananas for sex

Identifying and combating the impacts of COVID-19 on malaria

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Multi-modal analysis of Plasmodium knowlesi -infected erythrocytes reveals large invaginations, swelling of the host cell and rheological defects

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The knob protein KAHRP assembles into a ring-shaped structure that underpins virulence complex assembly

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Plasmodium myosin A drives parasite invasion by an atypical force generating mechanism

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Regulation of Sexual Commitment and Gametocytogenesis in Malaria Parasites

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Uncovering the essential genes of the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparumby saturation mutagenesis

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The Actinomyosin Motor Drives Malaria Parasite Red Blood Cell Invasion but Not Egress

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Bone Marrow Is a Major Parasite Reservoir in Plasmodium vivax Infection

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A cryptic cycle in haematopoietic niches promotes initiation of malaria transmission and evasion of chemotherapy

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Epiplasts: Membrane Skeletons and Epiplastin Proteins in Euglenids, Glaucophytes, Cryptophytes, Ciliates, Dinoflagellates, and Apicomplexans

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Initiation of gametocytogenesis at very low parasite density in Plasmodium falciparum infection

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EPCR and Malaria Severity: The Center of a Perfect Storm

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Disrupting assembly of the inner membrane complex blocks Plasmodium falciparum sexual stage development

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Plasmodium falciparum STEVOR phosphorylation regulates host erythrocyte deformability enabling malaria parasite transmission

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Novel insights into the composition and function of the Toxoplasma IMC sutures

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Plasmodium species: master renovators of their host cells

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Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses ofP. falciparumgametocytes: molecular insight into sex-specific processes and translational repression

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Reversible host cell remodeling underpins deformability changes in malaria parasite sexual blood stages

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Gliding Associated Proteins Play Essential Roles during the Formation of the Inner Membrane Complex of Toxoplasma gondii

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Malaria: Global progress 2000 – 2015 and future challenges

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Novel Components of the Toxoplasma Inner Membrane Complex Revealed by BioID

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Organization and function of an actin cytoskeleton inPlasmodium falciparumgametocytes

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The Role of Palmitoylation for Protein Recruitment to the Inner Membrane Complex of the Malaria Parasite

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Plasmodium falciparum transmission stages accumulate in the human bone marrow

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Mitochondrial metabolism of sexual and asexual blood stages of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

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A switch in infected erythrocyte deformability at the maturation and blood circulation of Plasmodium falciparum transmission stages

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Early gametocytes of the malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparumspecifically remodel the adhesive properties of infected erythrocyte surface

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Host cell deformability is linked to transmission in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

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Evolution and Architecture of the Inner Membrane Complex in Asexual and Sexual Stages of the Malaria Parasite

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Native Ultrastructure of the Red Cell Cytoskeleton by Cryo-Electron Tomography

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Directional gene expression and antisense transcripts in sexual and asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum

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

(2011) Elena Deligianni et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Soft X-ray microscopy analysis of cell volume and hemoglobin content in erythrocytes infected with asexual and sexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum

(2011) Eric Hanssen et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Revisiting the circulation time of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes: molecular detection methods to estimate the duration of gametocyte carriage and the effect of gametocytocidal drugs

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Apicoplast and Mitochondrion in Gametocytogenesis ofPlasmodium falciparum

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Plasmodium falciparum Antigens on the Surface of the Gametocyte-Infected Erythrocyte

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Diverse Expression Patterns of Subgroups of the rif Multigene Family during Plasmodium falciparum Gametocytogenesis

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

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