Apicoplast-derived isoprenoids are essential for biosynthesis of GPI protein anchors, and consequently for egress and invasion in Plasmodium falciparum

• Michaela S. Bulloch,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6946-1161

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• Long K. Huynh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1429-5714

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• Kit Kennedy,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4464-7709

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• Julie E. Ralton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9536-6253

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• Malcolm J. McConville,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7107-7887

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• Stuart A. Ralph

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: saralph@unimelb.edu.au

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0114-7808

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