Alveolin proteins in the Toxoplasma inner membrane complex form a highly interconnected structure that maintains parasite shape and replication

• Peter S. Back,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Vignesh Senthilkumar,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Charles P. Choi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Justin J. Quan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Qing Lou,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Anne K. Snyder,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

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• Andrew M. Ly,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Justin G. Lau,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Z. Hong Zhou,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Gary E. Ward,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

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• Peter J. Bradley

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pbradley@ucla.edu

  Affiliations Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8481-0638

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