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Microneme (Parasitology 🧬)

Micronemes are secretory organelles, possessed by parasitic apicomplexans. Micronemes are located on the apical third of the protozoan body. They are surrounded by a typical unit membrane. On electron microscopy they have an electron-dense matrix due to the high protein content. They are specialized secretory organelles important for host-cell invasion and gliding motility. These organelles secrete ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microneme

#Microneme #Parasitology

Microneme (Parasitology 🧬)

Micronemes are secretory organelles, possessed by parasitic apicomplexans. Micronemes are located on the apical third of the protozoan body. They are surrounded by a typical unit membrane. On electron microscopy they have an electron-dense matrix due to the high protein content. They are specialized secretory organelles important for host-cell invasion and gliding motility. These organelles secrete ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microneme

#Microneme #Parasitology

A conserved complex of microneme proteins mediates rhoptry discharge in #Toxoplasma:

Sebastian Lourido and coworkers show that three #apicomplexan-specific #microneme proteins form a complex essential for #rhoptry discharge and invasion

https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2022113155

A conserved complex of microneme proteins mediates rhoptry discharge in #Toxoplasma:

Sebastian Lourido and coworkers show that three #apicomplexan-specific #microneme proteins form a complex essential for #rhoptry discharge and invasion

https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2022113155