Figure 1
From: Biochemistry of malaria parasite infected red blood cells by X-ray microscopy
Two 226 nm thick slices 1356 nm apart of the reconstructed infected red blood cell (RBC) data from soft X-ray absorption. The left panel is a slice cutting through Hz crystals and two nuclei marked 1 and 2 are clearly visible. The right panel is a slice beyond the Hz crystals but shows a third nucleus. The white dashed line delineates the red blood cell, whereas the green dashed line marks the parasite slightly inside its membrane. Based on the volumes and the appearance of three nuclei we assessed the age of the parasite to be 38–44 hours after invasion10. The orientation of these slices was chosen because it provides the highest resolution in cryo-SXT image although it differs slightly from the projection angle of the infected RBC shown in the following figures.
