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SUBMITTER: Pieperhoff MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3795686 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pieperhoff Manuela S MS Schmitt Miriam M Ferguson David J P DJ Meissner Markus M
PloS one 20131011 10
Apicomplexan parasites are single eukaryotic cells with a highly polarised secretory system that contains unique secretory organelles (micronemes and rhoptries) that are required for host cell invasion. In contrast, the role of the endosomal system is poorly understood in these parasites. With many typical endocytic factors missing, we speculated that endocytosis depends exclusively on a clathrin-mediated mechanism. Intriguingly, in Toxoplasma gondii we were only able to observe the endogenous c ...[more]