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TWiP 143: There’s a lot of worms out there

  • November 28, 2017
  • Tagged as: anemia, aspartate protease, eosinophila, malaria, parasite, parasitism, plasmepsin, Plasmodium falciparum, red blood cell egress, red blood cell invasion, rhoptry, ring form, worm

The TWiPians solve the case of the Woman With Anemia, Eosinophila, and a Worm in Her Intestine, and discuss a study on the function and druggability of two malarial aspartate proteases.

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TWiP 133: Tape test

  • May 13, 2017
  • Tagged as: apicomplexa, clathrin, endosome, microneme, parasite, parasitism, parasitophorus vacuole, rab protein, rhoptry, secretory organelle, toxoplasma gondii, trans Golgi network
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Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Woman With Anal Area Discomfort, and discuss the multiple functions of a clathrin adapter protein in formation of rhoptry and microneme secretory organelles of Toxoplasma gondii.

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TWiP 111: Bug bites

  • June 3, 2016
  • Tagged as: bed bug, bug, c-myc, Cimex lectularius, ectoparasite, effector protein, MYR1, parasite, parasitism, parasitophorous vacuole, protozoan, rhoptry, toxoplasma gondii
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The TWiP trio solve the case of the bug bites all in a row, and talk about a secreted Toxoplasma protein that is central to the parasite’s manipulation of host cells.

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TWiP 45: Free range Toxoplasma with John Boothroyd

  • September 25, 2012
  • Tagged as: john boothroyd, parasite, parasitism, parasitophorous vacuole, rhoptry, toxoplasma gondii

Vincent and Dickson discuss Toxoplasma biology with Stanford University Professor John Boothroyd.

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