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A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen in Toxoplasma Identifies Essential Apicomplexan Genes

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Determining the macropinocytic index of cells through a quantitative image-based assay

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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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A Novel High Throughput Invasion Screen Identifies Host Actin Regulators Required for Efficient Cell Entry by Toxoplasma gondii

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Toxofilin upregulates the host cortical actin cytoskeleton dynamics, facilitating Toxoplasma invasion

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A novel contractility pathway operating in Salmonella invasion

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A growth factor signaling cascade confined to circular ruffles in macrophages

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(2011) Jet Phey Lim et al.   IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY

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