Fig. 4: Merozoites have canonical subpellicular (SPMTs) and nuclear spindle microtubules.
From: Variable microtubule architecture in the malaria parasite
a Slice through a tomogram of an apical pole. Inset: slice through the microtubule subvolume average showing 13 protofilaments. b Segmentation of a nucleus in a dividing schizont with a partial spindle body. All four nuclear pore complexes observed in this section of the nucleus are in proximity of the spindle. Inset: slice through an isosurface of the SPMT EM map. c Segmentation of a single merozoite within a fully segmented schizont. Note: for simplification the IMC is segmented as a continuous double membrane although multiple discontinuities were observed. Unannotated slice through tomogram shown in Fig. S3c and full volume in supplemental movie S3.
