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Picomplexan parasites require specialized structures like the inner membrane complex to invade host cells and replicate. This study shows that the alveolin protein IMC6 is crucial for maintaining cell...

Author summary Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that causes severe and even fatal disease in congenitally infected neonates and the immunocompromised. The parasite replicates us...

Toxoplasma gondii regulates vesicle trafficking by secreting Rab GTPases from specialised organelles. This study characterizes all Tre2-Bub2-Cdc16 (TBC) domain-containing proteins in T. gondii, identi...

Cat-only life-cycle stage cultured in vitro, and the mysterious giant proteins that might turn bacteria into killers.

Author summary Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that causes disease in immunocompromised individuals and congenitally infected neonates. Toxoplasma replicates using a unique pro...