PF3D7_1218000 thrombospondin-related apical membrane protein

Localization of PfTRAMP by immuno-electron microscopy. Electron micrographs showing immuno-gold staining of P. falciparum schizonts (A) and merozoites (B) using anti- PfTRAMP antibodies. PfTRAMP localizes to the bulb region of rhoptries in merozoites developing within a schizont (A) as well as free merozoites (B).(Rh: rhoptry, Nu: nucleus).

Siddiqui FA, Dhawan S, Singh S, Singh B, Gupta P, Pandey A, Mohmmed A, Gaur D, Chitnis CE. A Thrombospondin Structural Repeat Containing Rhoptry Protein from Plasmodium falciparum Mediates Erythrocyte Invasion. Cell Microbiol. 2013 15(8):1341-56

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