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A perforin-like protein mediates disruption of the erythrocyte membrane during egress of Plasmodium berghei male gametocytes.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Aug 2013
Deligianni Elena, Morgan Rhiannon N, Bertuccini Lucia, Wirth Christine C, Silmon de Monerri Natalie C, Spanos Lefteris, Blackman Michael J, Louis Christos, Pradel Gabriele, Siden-Kiamos Inga
Abstract excerpt
Successful gametogenesis of the malaria parasite depends on egress of the gametocytes from the erythrocytes within which they developed. Egress entails rupture of both the parasitophorous vacuole membrane and the erythrocyte plasma membrane, and precedes the formation of the motile flagellated male gametes in a process called exflagellation. We show here that egress of the male gametocyte depends on the function...
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