RHOPTRY ORGANELLES OF APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES

被引:108
作者
PERKINS, ME
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PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1992年 / 8卷 / 01期
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1016/0169-4758(92)90308-O
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Rhoptries are the unifying structural feature of the intracellar, apicomplexan parasites and are implicated in having a central role in host cell invasion. Ultrastructural studies of zoites of different genera suggest that the participation of rhoptries in the invasion of the respective host cells is morphologically similar. However, biochemical analysis of their protein constituents reveals a considerable degree of diversity between different coccidian parasites. In this article Margaret Perkins asks whether there are common structural determinants of the rhoptry components of different genera and if the underlying mechanism of rhoptry function is similar in all apicomplexan parasites.
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