Figures
Notes of a renaissance parasitologist
Top left shows the unicellular parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Bottom left depicts the architecture of the “tripartite attachment complex (TAC)” that in trypanosomes connects the mitochondrial genome with the flagellum. To do so it must penetrate the two mitochondrial membranes. The right side illustrates how the TAC functions during cell division. I was inspired for this work by the famous anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, the archetypical science artist. The text should mimic the mirror hand writing da Vinci used in his anatomical and technical drawings. The picture is based on a pencil drawing by André Schneider. See Schimanski et al.
Image Credit: André Schneider
Citation: (2022) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 18(6) June 2022. PLoS Pathog 18(6): ev18.i06. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v18.i06
Published: June 30, 2022
Copyright: © 2022 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Top left shows the unicellular parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Bottom left depicts the architecture of the “tripartite attachment complex (TAC)” that in trypanosomes connects the mitochondrial genome with the flagellum. To do so it must penetrate the two mitochondrial membranes. The right side illustrates how the TAC functions during cell division. I was inspired for this work by the famous anatomical drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, the archetypical science artist. The text should mimic the mirror hand writing da Vinci used in his anatomical and technical drawings. The picture is based on a pencil drawing by André Schneider. See Schimanski et al.
Image Credit: André Schneider