Plasmodium species, as members of Apicomplexa, share many common morphological features. Each of the developmental stages in the life cycle of malaria parasites exhibits a remarkable conservation and distinct patterns of structural organization [1, 2]. These conservations are supposed to have originated in the special adaptation to the tissues and/or cells in the different hosts of malaria para...

Rapid remodeling of the microtubule (MT) array is important in large motile cells because such cells are constantly in the process of changing their shape. In fibroblast-like cells, MTs form a radial array emerging from the centrosome with minus ends tethered at the centrosome and plus ends extending towards the cell periphery (reviewed by Desai and Mitchison, 1997; Keating and Borisy, 1999). A...

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