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The AMA1-RON complex drives Plasmodium sporozoite invasion in the mosquito and mammalian hosts

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Expansion Microscopy Reveals Plasmodium falciparum Blood-Stage Parasites Undergo Anaphase with A Chromatin Bridge in the Absence of Mini-Chromosome Maintenance Complex Binding Protein

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Essential function of the alveolin network in the subpellicular microtubules and conoid assembly in Toxoplasma gondii

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Evolutionarily distant I domains can functionally replace the essential ligand-binding domain of Plasmodium TRAP

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The dimerisable Cre recombinase allows conditional genome editing in the mosquito stages of Plasmodium berghei

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Detection of the Rhoptry Neck Protein Complex in Plasmodium Sporozoites and Its Contribution to Sporozoite Invasion of Salivary Glands

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Plasmodium sporozoites on the move: Switching from cell traversal to productive invasion of hepatocytes

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A Novel Tool for the Generation of Conditional Knockouts To Study Gene Function across the Plasmodium falciparum Life Cycle

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Toxoplasma gondii TFP1 is an essential transporter family protein critical for microneme maturation and exocytosis

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Rhoptry neck protein 2 expressed in Plasmodium sporozoites plays a crucial role during invasion of mosquito salivary glands

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Imaging cellular ultrastructures using expansion microscopy (U-ExM)

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Gliding motility powers invasion and egress in Apicomplexa

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Proteogenomic analysis of the total and surface-exposed proteomes of Plasmodium vivax salivary gland sporozoites

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Plasmodium P36 determines host cell receptor usage during sporozoite invasion

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Malaria parasite LIMP protein regulates sporozoite gliding motility and infectivity in mosquito and mammalian hosts

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

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Functional profiles of orphan membrane transporters in the life cycle of the malaria parasite

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A Putative Small Solute Transporter Is Responsible for the Secretion of G377 and TRAP-Containing Secretory Vesicles during Plasmodium Gamete Egress and Sporozoite Motility

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Malaria Sporozoites Traverse Host Cells within Transient Vacuoles

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A Conserved Apicomplexan Microneme Protein Contributes to Toxoplasma gondii Invasion and Virulence

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Total and Putative Surface Proteomics of Malaria Parasite Salivary Gland Sporozoites

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Conditional genome engineering in Toxoplasma gondii uncovers alternative invasion mechanisms

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Shedding of TRAP by a Rhomboid Protease from the Malaria Sporozoite Surface Is Essential for Gliding Motility and Sporozoite Infectivity

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The moving junction of apicomplexan parasites: a key structure for invasion

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Role for thePlasmodiumsporozoite-specific transmembrane protein S6 in parasite motility and efficient malaria transmission

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TREP, a novel protein necessary for gliding motility of the malaria sporozoite

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