Atypical flagella assembly and haploid genome coiling during male gamete formation in Plasmodium
Molly Hair, Flávia Moreira-Leite, David J. P. Ferguson, Mohammad Zeeshan, Rita Tewari, Sue Vaughan · 2023
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Description
Molly Hair and co-authors map how male sex cells form in the malaria parasite Plasmodium, in fine 3D detail. The process runs inside the Anopheles mosquito and is key to spread of the parasite to new hosts. Their 2023 study used two electron imaging methods to watch the steps.
Images show whip like axonemes coiling around the nucleus in opposed turns, forming a central band. The nucleus of the ripe male cell then coils tight around one axoneme. That coiling starts before the cell breaks free. The authors say these odd builds show fresh ways that tails and genomes can be packed in such cells.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Molly Hair, Flávia Moreira-Leite, David J. P. Ferguson, Mohammad Zeeshan, Rita Tewari, Sue Vaughan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |