The Toxoplasma Acto-MyoA Motor Complex Is Important but Not Essential for Gliding Motility and Host Cell Invasion

Saskia Egarter; Nicole Andenmatten; Allison J. Jackson; Jamie A. Whitelaw; Gurman Pall; Jennifer Ann Black; David J. P. Ferguson; Isabelle Tardieux; Alex Mogilner; Markus Meissner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091819

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The Toxoplasma Acto-MyoA Motor Complex Is Important but Not Essential for Gliding Motility and Host Cell Invasion

Saskia Egarter ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Saskia Egarter, Nicole Andenmatten

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Nicole Andenmatten ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Saskia Egarter, Nicole Andenmatten

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Allison J. Jackson,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Jamie A. Whitelaw,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Gurman Pall,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Jennifer Ann Black,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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David J. P. Ferguson,

Affiliation Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Isabelle Tardieux,

Affiliation Institut Cochin, University of Paris Descartes, INSERM U-1016, CNRS UMR-8104, Paris, France
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Alex Mogilner,

Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior and Department of Mathematics, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Markus Meissner

* E-mail: markus.meissner@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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The Toxoplasma Acto-MyoA Motor Complex Is Important but Not Essential for Gliding Motility and Host Cell Invasion

Saskia Egarter,
Nicole Andenmatten,
Allison J. Jackson,
Jamie A. Whitelaw,
Gurman Pall,
Jennifer Ann Black,
David J. P. Ferguson,
Isabelle Tardieux,
Alex Mogilner,
Markus Meissner

Published: March 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091819
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