Extended Data Fig. 3: Comparison of the apical vesicles from P. falciparum, T. gondii, and C. parvum. | Nature Microbiology

Extended Data Fig. 3: Comparison of the apical vesicles from P. falciparum, T. gondii, and C. parvum.

From: Rhoptry secretion system structure and priming in Plasmodium falciparum revealed using in situ cryo-electron tomography

Extended Data Fig. 3

(a) Representative 2-D slices of tomograms displaying the AV from each organism (left – P. falciparum; middle – T. gondii; and right – C. parvum), highlighting the PPM (dark blue), RSA (light blue), AV (pink), and rhoptries (orange). Scale bars = 50 nm. (b) Plots of the shortest distance (AVdist) between the PPM apex and the AV membrane from several cells in each organism, showing the mean ±s.d.. (c) Plots of the major (AVmaj) versus minor axis (AVmin) of the AV from each organism, showing mean ±s.d.. (d) Plots of the angle (Ψ at which the major axis of the AV is oriented with respect to the line connecting the PPM apex and the AV centroid each organism. The median value is shown. N = 39 AVs for P. falciparum, 25 AVs for T. gondii, and 28 AVs for C. parvum.

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