The life-cycle of Toxoplasma gondii reviewed using animations

M Attias, DE Teixeira, M Benchimol, RC Vommaro… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, an
infection with high prevalence worldwide. Most of the infected individuals are either …

Toxoplasma Effectors Targeting Host Signaling and Transcription

MA Hakimi, P Olias, LD Sibley - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Early electron microscopy studies revealed the elaborate cellular features that define the
unique adaptations of apicomplexan parasites. Among these were bulbous rhoptry (ROP) …

The cellular and molecular basis for malaria parasite invasion of the human red blood cell

AF Cowman, D Berry, J Baum - Journal of cell Biology, 2012 - rupress.org
Malaria is a major disease of humans caused by protozoan parasites from the genus
Plasmodium. It has a complex life cycle; however, asexual parasite infection within the blood …

Overview of Poultry Eimeria Life Cycle and Host-Parasite Interactions

S López-Osorio, JJ Chaparro-Gutiérrez… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Apicomplexan parasites of the genus Eimeria are organisms which invade the intestinal
tract, causing coccidiosis, an enteric disease of major economic importance worldwide. The …

Origins of cellular geometry

WF Marshall - BMC biology, 2011 - Springer
Cells are highly complex and orderly machines, with defined shapes and a startling variety
of internal organizations. Complex geometry is a feature of both free-living unicellular …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution: Tracing the origins of centrioles, cilia, and flagella

Z Carvalho-Santos, J Azimzadeh… - The Journal of cell …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Centrioles/basal bodies (CBBs) are microtubule-based cylindrical organelles that nucleate
the formation of centrosomes, cilia, and flagella. CBBs, cilia, and flagella are ancestral …

Atlas of Plasmodium falciparum intraerythrocytic development using expansion microscopy

B Liffner, AKC Diaz, J Blauwkamp, D Anaguano… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Apicomplexan parasites exhibit tremendous diversity in much of their fundamental cell
biology, but study of these organisms using light microscopy is often hindered by their small …

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 …

Variable microtubule architecture in the malaria parasite

JL Ferreira, V Pražák, D Vasishtan, M Siggel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Microtubules are a ubiquitous eukaryotic cytoskeletal element typically consisting of 13
protofilaments arranged in a hollow cylinder. This arrangement is considered the canonical …

Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasites

YH Woo, H Ansari, TD Otto, CM Klinger, M Kolisko… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
The eukaryotic phylum Apicomplexa encompasses thousands of obligate intracellular
parasites of humans and animals with immense socio-economic and health impacts. We …