The claudin-like apicomplexan microneme protein is required for gliding motility and infectivity of Plasmodium sporozoites

• Manon Loubens,

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

  Current address: Laboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity (LPHI), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France.

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Paris, France

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• Carine Marinach,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Paris, France

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• Clara-Eva Paquereau,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Paris, France

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• Soumia Hamada,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMS PASS, Plateforme Post-génomique de la Pitié Salpêtrière (P3S), Paris, France

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• Bénédicte Hoareau-Coudert,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMS PASS, Plateforme de cytométrie de la Pitié-Salpêtrière (CyPS), Paris, France

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• David Akbar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris Brain Institute, ICM Quant Cell imaging Core Facility, Paris, France

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• Jean-François Franetich,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Paris, France

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• Olivier Silvie

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

  * E-mail: olivier.silvie@inserm.fr

  Affiliation Sorbonne Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI-Paris, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0525-6940

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