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Romain Carmeille, Porfirio Schiano Lomoriello, Parvathi M. Devarakonda, Jacob A. Kellermeier, Aoife T. Heaslip*. Actin and an unconventional myosin motor, TgMyoF, control the organization and dynamics of the endomembrane network in Toxoplasma gondii. Plos Pathogens. 2021 Feb 2; PLoS Pathog 17(2): e1008787. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008787
Periz J, Whitelaw J, Harding C, Gras S, Del Rosario Minina MI, Latorre-Barragan F, Lemgruber L, Reimer MA, Insall R, Heaslip A*, Meissner M*. Toxoplasma gondii F-actin forms an extensive filamentous network required for material exchange and parasite maturation.Elife. 2017 Mar 21;6. pii: e24119. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24119.
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Heaslip AT, Nelson SR, Lombardo AT, Beck-Previs S, Armstrong J ,Warshaw DM. Cytoskeletal Dependence of Insulin Granule Movement Dynamics in INS-1 Beta-Cells in Response to Glucose. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 13; 9(10): e109082
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