microneme
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thumb|Tachyzoites of [[Toxoplasma gondii, transmission electron microscopy. Micronemes: mn (click to enlarge)]] 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.
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1,035 papers- Microneme proteins in apicomplexans.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2008
- Toxoplasma gondii: microneme protein MIC2.The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology · 2005
- Recent progress in microneme-based vaccines development against Toxoplasma gondii.Clinical and experimental vaccine research · 2018
- Research advances in microneme protein 3 of Toxoplasma gondii.Parasites & vectors · 2015
- Microneme proteins: structural and functional requirements to promote adhesion and invasion by the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.International journal for parasitology · 2001
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thumb|Tachyzoites of [[Toxoplasma gondii, transmission electron microscopy. Micronemes: mn (click to enlarge)]] 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 several proteins such as the Plasmodium falciparum apical membrane antigen-1, or PfAMA1, and Erythrocyte family antigen, or EBA, family proteins. These proteins specialize in binding to erythrocyte surface receptors and facilitating erythrocyte entry. Only by this initial chemical exchange can the parasite enter into the erythrocyte via actin-myosin motor complex.