Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Myosin-dependent cell-cell communication controls synchronicity of division in acute and chronic stages of Toxoplasma gondii

  • Karine Frénal,
  • Damien Jacot,
  • Pierre-Mehdi Hammoudi,
  • Arnault Graindorge,
  • Bohumil Maco,
  • Dominique Soldati-Favre

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15710
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The mechanism by whichToxoplasma gondiiachieves synchronized cell division is incompletely understood. Here, the authors identify an intravacuolar cell-cell communication that ensures synchronized division and depends on myosin I.