Structure of Plasmodium Merozoite

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The Plasmodium Merozoite is an ovoid cell and measures approximately 1.5 micron in length and 1 micron in width. The apical end of the Merozoite is a truncated cone-shaped projection demarcated by the polar rings. At the anterior end of the Merozoite are present three types of membrane-bound organelles, namely, Rhoptries (two prominent pear-shaped, 570 X330 nm), micronemes (ovoid bodies, 100 X40 nm), and dense granules (spheroid vesicles, 140 X120 nm). The contents of these organelles play a role in the binding and e...

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Structures of phage-display peptides that bind to the malarial surface protein, apical membrane antigen 1, and block erythrocyte invasion.
Keizer DW, Miles LA, Li F, Nair M, Anders RF, Coley AM, Foley M, Norton RS.
Biochemistry. 2003 Aug 26;42(33):9915-23.
Antigenic cross-reactivity between different alleles of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2.
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Parasite Immunol. 2003 Nov-Dec;25(11-12):531-43.
Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (PfAMA-1) is translocated within micronemes along subpellicular microtubules during merozoite development.
Bannister LH, Hopkins JM, Dluzewski AR, Margos G, Williams IT, Blackman MJ, Kocken CH, Thomas AW, Mitchell GH.
J Cell Sci. 2003 Sep 15;116(Pt 18):3825-34. Epub 2003 Aug 05.
Identification and disruption of the gene encoding the third member of the low-molecular-mass rhoptry complex in Plasmodium falciparum.
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Structure of Plasmodium Merozoite

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Structures of phage-display peptides that bind to the malarial surface protein, apical membrane antigen 1, and block erythrocyte invasion.

Antigenic cross-reactivity between different alleles of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2.

Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (PfAMA-1) is translocated within micronemes along subpellicular microtubules during merozoite development.

Identification and disruption of the gene encoding the third member of the low-molecular-mass rhoptry complex in Plasmodium falciparum.

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Structure of Plasmodium Merozoite

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Structures of phage-display peptides that bind to the malarial surface protein, apical membrane antigen 1, and block erythrocyte invasion.

Antigenic cross-reactivity between different alleles of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2.

Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen 1 (PfAMA-1) is translocated within micronemes along subpellicular microtubules during merozoite development.

Identification and disruption of the gene encoding the third member of the low-molecular-mass rhoptry complex in Plasmodium falciparum.

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