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Identification of a new rhoptry neck complex RON9/RON10 in the Apicomplexa parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Lamarque Mauld H, Papoin Julien, Finizio Anne-Laure, Lentini Gaelle, Pfaff Alexander W, Candolfi Ermanno, Dubremetz Jean-François, Lebrun Maryse
Abstract excerpt
Apicomplexan parasites secrete and inject into the host cell the content of specialized secretory organelles called rhoptries, which take part into critical processes such as host cell invasion and modulation of the host cell immune response. The rhoptries are structurally and functionally divided into two compartments. The apical duct contains rhoptry neck (RON) proteins that are conserved in Apicomplexa and are...
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