mBio (Oct 2021)

Revisiting the Role of Toxoplasma gondii ERK7 in the Maintenance and Stability of the Apical Complex

  • Nicolas Dos Santos Pacheco,
  • Nicolò Tosetti,
  • Aarti Krishnan,
  • Romuald Haase,
  • Bohumil Maco,
  • Catherine Suarez,
  • Bingjian Ren,
  • Dominique Soldati-Favre

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02057-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5

Abstract

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The conoid is an enigmatic, dynamic organelle positioned at the apical tip of the coccidian subgroup of the Apicomplexa, close to the apical polar ring (APR) from which the subpellicular microtubules (SPMTs) emerge and through which the secretory organelles (micronemes and rhoptries) reach the plasma membrane for exocytosis. In Toxoplasma gondii