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Cytoskeleton of apicomplexan parasites.
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- A cytoskeleton-associated Plasmodium protein critical for organelle segregation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The inner membrane complex protein, IMC55, is dispensable for intraerythrocytic development ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- The apical polar ring is essential during the blood stage of Plasmodium falciparum.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- The human parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, is paralyzed without two components of the apical polar ring.PLoS pathogens · 2026Article
- Tubulin polyglutamylases TTLL4C and TTLL6B are essential for maintaining cytoskeletal integrity inmSphere · 2026Article
- Molecular features of myosin F adapted for driving actin flows in Toxoplasma gondii.Journal of cell science · 2026Article
- Transmembrane proteins mediate basal complex assembly and individual daughter cell formation in malaria parasites.Science advances · 2026Article
- Two anchoring proteins control daughter apical complex assembly inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Microtubule inner proteins in apicomplexan parasites.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026Review
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- The essential function of the apical polar ring during the blood stage ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Transfection of the free-living alga Chromera velia enables direct comparisons with its parasitic apicomplexan relative, Toxoplasma gondii.Journal of cell science · 2026Article
- Atomic models of the Toxoplasma cell invasion machinery.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026Article
- Effects of microtubule (de)tyrosination on the morphology and motility of Trypanosoma brucei and cross-talk with polyglutamylation.Biology open · 2025Article
- Semi-supervised Bayesian integration of multiple spatial proteomics datasets.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Highly divergent apicomplexan cytoskeletons provide additional models for actin biology.The FEBS journal · 2025Review
- The inner membrane complex protein, IMC55, is dispensable for intra-erythrocytic development ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- RNG2 tethers the conoid to the apical polar ring in Toxoplasma gondii to enable parasite motility and invasion.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- The Plasmodium berghei merozoite protein PbGAC is critically involved in erythrocyte binding during invasion.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Molecular features of Myosin F adapted for driving actin flows inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
The Apicomplexa are a phylum of diverse obligate intracellular parasites including Plasmodium spp., the cause of malaria; Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium parvum, opportunistic pathogens of immunocompromised individuals; and Eimeria spp. and Theileria spp., parasites of considerable agricultural importance. These protozoan parasites share distinctive morphological features, cytoskeletal organization, and modes of replication, motility, and invasion. This review summarizes our current understanding of the cytoskeletal elements, the properties of cytoskeletal proteins, and the role of the cytoskeleton in polarity, motility, invasion, and replication. We discuss the unusual properties of actin and myosin in the Apicomplexa, the highly stereotyped microtubule populations in apicomplexans, and a network of recently discovered novel intermediate filament-like elements in these parasites.
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