The Crown morphology in malaria parasites is crucial for accurate cell division (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Crown morphology in malaria parasites is crucial for accurate cell division

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Coordination between organelles in the Plasmodium cell facilitates its unique cell division. The multiple nuclei (red), are connected to the apicoplast (green) by centriolar plaques (pink). This interaction happens only during the “Crown” stage and it is critical to from multiple daughter cells, each with a complete set of organelles. This image was prepared using a technique called expansion microscopy and visualized by a Confocal microscope.

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Michal Shahar

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