Toxoplasma gondii is a widely prevalent protozoan parasite member of the phylum
Apicomplexa. It causes disease in humans with clinical outcomes ranging from an …

The phylum Apicomplexa encompasses numerous important human and animal disease-
causing parasites, including the Plasmodium species, and Toxoplasma gondii, causative …

Microtubules and specialized microtubule-containing structures are assembled from
tubulins, an ancient superfamily of essential eukaryotic proteins. Here, we use bioinformatic …

Microtubules are polymeric filaments, constructed of α-β tubulin heterodimers that underlie
critical subcellular structures in eukaryotic organisms. Four homologous proteins (γ-, δ-, ε …

Over the last 40 years, the phenotypic consequences of point mutations to tubulin genes
have been described in a wide variety of eukaryotes. A publicly available web‐based …

Centrioles are components of the centrosome, which is present in most eukaryotic cells
(from protozoa to mammals). They organize the microtubule skeleton during interphase and …

Background Centrioles are microtubule-based cylindrical structures composed of nine triplet
tubules and are required for the formation of the centrosome, flagella and cilia. Despite …

Insects do not possess ciliated epithelia, and cilia/flagella are present in the sperm tail and—
as modified cilia—in mechano‐and chemosensory neurons. The core cytoskeletal …

We have isolated suppressors of the deletion allele of δ-tubulin, uni3-1, in the biflagellate
green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The deletion of δ-tubulin produces cells that …

The cytoskeletons of eukaryotic, cilioprotist microorganisms are complex, highly patterned,
and diverse, reflecting the varied and elaborate swimming, feeding, reproductive, and …