The Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry bulb protein RAMA plays an essential role in rhoptry neck morphogenesis and host red blood cell invasion

• Emma S. Sherling,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8339-7060

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• Abigail J. Perrin,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6682-4297

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• Ellen Knuepfer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Malaria Parasitology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

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• Matthew R. G. Russell,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-7669

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• Lucy M. Collinson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

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• Louis H. Miller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Michael J. Blackman

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

  * E-mail: mike.blackman@crick.ac.uk

  Affiliations Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7442-3810

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