Lytic Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii: 15 Years Later

IJ Blader, BI Coleman, CT Chen… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Toxoplasmosis is the clinical and pathological consequence of acute infection with the
obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Symptoms result from …

Cell division in apicomplexan parasites

ME Francia, B Striepen - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum are important human pathogens. These
parasites and many of their apicomplexan relatives undergo a complex developmental …

Organellar dynamics during the cell cycle of Toxoplasma gondii

M Nishi, K Hu, JM Murray, DS Roos - Journal of cell science, 2008 - journals.biologists.com
The protozoan phylum Apicomplexa encompasses∼ 5000 species of obligate intracellular
parasites, including those responsible for malaria and toxoplasmosis. Rather than dividing …

The calcium signaling toolkit of the Apicomplexan parasites Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp

S Lourido, SNJ Moreno - Cell calcium, 2015 - Elsevier
Apicomplexan parasites have complex life cycles, frequently split between different hosts
and reliant on rapid responses as the parasites react to changing environmental conditions …

A family of intermediate filament‐like proteins is sequentially assembled into the cytoskeleton of Toxoplasma gondii

BR Anderson‐White, FD Ivey, K Cheng… - Cellular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii divides by a unique process of
internal budding that involves the assembly of two daughter cells within the mother. The …

Building the perfect parasite: cell division in apicomplexa

B Striepen, CN Jordan, S Reiff… - PLoS pathogens, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Apicomplexans are pathogens responsible for malaria, toxoplasmosis, and crytposporidiosis
in humans, and a wide range of livestock diseases. These unicellular eukaryotes are …

The Apical Complex Provides a Regulated Gateway for Secretion of Invasion Factors in Toxoplasma

NJ Katris, GG van Dooren, PJ McMillan… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The apical complex is the definitive cell structure of phylum Apicomplexa, and is the focus of
the events of host cell penetration and the establishment of intracellular parasitism. Despite …

The Apicomplexan Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

ILS Delgado, S Zúquete, D Santos, AP Basto, A Leitão… - Encyclopedia, 2022 - mdpi.com
Definition Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous zoonotic parasite with an obligatory
intracellular lifestyle. It relies on a specialized set of cytoskeletal and secretory organelles for …

Cell division in Apicomplexan parasites is organized by a homolog of the striated rootlet fiber of algal flagella

ME Francia, CN Jordan, JD Patel, L Sheiner… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Apicomplexa are intracellular parasites that cause important human diseases including
malaria and toxoplasmosis. During host cell infection new parasites are formed through a …

Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses of calcium ATPases and calcium-regulated proteins in the apicomplexa

K Nagamune, LD Sibley - Molecular biology and evolution, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The phylum Apicomplexa comprises a large group of early branching eukaryotes that
includes a number of human and animal parasites. Calcium controls a number of vital …