Expansion microscopy of apicomplexan parasites

B Liffner, S Absalon - Molecular Microbiology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Apicomplexan parasites comprise significant pathogens of humans, livestock and wildlife,
but also represent a diverse group of eukaryotes with interesting and unique cell biology …

DeSUMOylation of a Verticillium dahliae enolase facilitates virulence by derepressing the expression of the effector VdSCP8

XM Wu, BS Zhang, YL Zhao, HW Wu, F Gao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The soil-borne fungus Verticillium dahliae, the most notorious plant pathogen of the
Verticillium genus, causes vascular wilts in a wide variety of economically important crops …

The Skp1-Cullin1-FBXO1 complex is a pleiotropic regulator required for the formation of gametes and motile forms in Plasmodium berghei

R Rashpa, N Klages, D Schvartz, C Pasquarello… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Malaria-causing parasites of the Plasmodium genus undergo multiple developmental
phases in the human and the mosquito hosts, regulated by various post-translational …

The molecular mechanisms driving Plasmodium cell division

DS Guttery, M Zeeshan, AA Holder… - Biochemical Society …, 2024 - portlandpress.com
Malaria, a vector borne disease, is a major global health and socioeconomic problem
caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite Plasmodium. The parasite alternates …

An inner membrane complex protein IMC1g in Plasmodium berghei is involved in asexual stage schizogony and parasite transmission

Y Liu, S Cheng, G He, D He, D Wang, S Wang, L Chen… - mBio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The inner membrane complex (IMC), a double-membrane organelle underneath the plasma
membrane in apicomplexan parasites, plays a significant role in motility and invasion and …

The novel Plasmodium berghei protein S14 is essential for sporozoite gliding motility and infectivity

A Ghosh, A Varshney, SK Narwal… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Plasmodium sporozoites are the infective forms of the malaria parasite in the mosquito and
vertebrate host. Gliding motility allows sporozoites to migrate and invade mosquito salivary …

Interaction of species A rotavirus VP4 with the cellular proteins vimentin and actin related protein 2 discovered by a proximity interactome assay

P Hao, Q Qu, Z Pang, L Li, S Du, L Shang, C Jin… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Rotavirus (RV) is one of the most significant pathogens in humans and animals with
diarrhea worldwide. Cell entry is the first step in viral infection, and the outer capsid protein …

Widespread release of translational repression across Plasmodium's host-to-vector transmission event

KT Rios, JP McGee, A Sebastian, SA Gedara… - PLoS …, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Malaria parasites must respond quickly to environmental changes, including during their
transmission between mammalian and mosquito hosts. Therefore, female gametocytes …

Identification of Novel, Potent, and Selective Compounds against Malaria Using Glideosomal-Associated Protein 50 as a Drug Target

P Agrawal, S Kumari, A Mohmmed, P Malhotra… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phylum apicomplexan consists of parasites, such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma. These
obligate intracellular parasites enter host cells via an energy-dependent process using …

Enzymatically enhanced ultrastructure expansion microscopy unlocks expansion of in vitro Toxoplasma gondii cysts

K Bondarenko, F Limoge, K Pedram, M Gissot… - Msphere, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Expansion microscopy (ExM) is an innovative approach to achieve super-resolution images
without using super-resolution microscopes, based on the physical expansion of the sample …