Alveolar proteins stabilize cortical microtubules in Toxoplasma gondii

Alveolar proteins stabilize cortical microtubules in Toxoplasma gondii

Single-celled protists use elaborate cytoskeletal structures, including arrays of microtubules at the cell periphery, to maintain polarity and rigidity. The obligate intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii has unusually stable cortical microtubules beneath the alveoli, a network of flattened membra...

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Main Authors: Gow, Matthew (Author), Meissner, Markus (Author), Harding, Clare R. (Contributor), Kang, Joon Ho (Contributor), Shortt, Emily (Contributor), Manalis, Scott R (Contributor), Lourido, Sebastian (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2019-03-19T14:15:26Z.
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