Plasmodium RON11 triggers biogenesis of the merozoite rhoptry pair and is essential for erythrocyte invasion

• David Anaguano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  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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• Opeoluwa Adewale-Fasoro,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Grace W. Vick,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Sean Yanik,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• James Blauwkamp,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Manuel A. Fierro,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

  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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• Sabrina Absalon,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2468-8156

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• Prakash Srinivasan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, and Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Vasant Muralidharan

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vasant@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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-6284

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