Cell Division in Apicomplexan Parasites Is Organized by a Homolog of the Striated Rootlet Fiber of Algal Flagella

Maria E. Francia; Carly N. Jordan; Jay D. Patel; Lilach Sheiner; Jessica L. Demerly; Justin D. Fellows; Jessica Cruz de Leon; Naomi S. Morrissette; Jean-François Dubremetz; Boris Striepen

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001444

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Cell Division in Apicomplexan Parasites Is Organized by a Homolog of the Striated Rootlet Fiber of Algal Flagella

Maria E. Francia,

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Carly N. Jordan,

Current address: Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Jay D. Patel,

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Lilach Sheiner,

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Jessica L. Demerly,

Affiliation Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Justin D. Fellows,

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Jessica Cruz de Leon,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Naomi S. Morrissette,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
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Jean-François Dubremetz,

Affiliation UMR 5235 CNRS, Université de Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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Boris Striepen

* E-mail: striepen@uga.edu

Affiliations Department of Cellular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Cell Division in Apicomplexan Parasites Is Organized by a Homolog of the Striated Rootlet Fiber of Algal Flagella

Maria E. Francia,
Carly N. Jordan,
Jay D. Patel,
Lilach Sheiner,
Jessica L. Demerly,
Justin D. Fellows,
Jessica Cruz de Leon,
Naomi S. Morrissette,
Jean-François Dubremetz,
Boris Striepen

Published: December 11, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001444

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