Evolutionarily Divergent, Unstable Filamentous Actin Is Essential for Gliding Motility in Apicomplexan Parasites

• Kristen M. Skillman ,

  ¶Contributed equally to the experimental studies.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

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• Karthikeyan Diraviyam ,

  ¶Contributed equally to the experimental studies.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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• Asis Khan,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

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• Keliang Tang,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

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• David Sept ,

  ¶‡ Contributed equally to the supervision of the studies.

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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• L. David Sibley

  * E-mail: sibley@borcim.wustl.edu

  ¶‡ Contributed equally to the supervision of the studies.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

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