PhIL1 colocalize with ALV5, PhIP, and GAPM2 in the P. falciparum IMC. (A) ALV5-GFP expression pattern in asexual blood stages (merozoite, and schizont) of P. falciparum. (B) PhIP-GFP expression pattern in asexual blood stages showed typical IMC localization. (C) GAPM2-GFP expression pattern in asexual blood stages. (D) Co-staining of PhIL1 with ALV5, PhIP, and GAPM2 in P. falciparum blood-stage schizont. These proteins co-localized with PhIL1 in the IMC at the

schizont stage of the parasite with a Pearson’s colocalization coefficient of more than 0.7. Scale bar = 5 μm

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