Disruption of rDNA nucleolar clustering and decrease of rDNA transcription in replicative and mitotic stages. (A) FISH analysis of 28S rDNA (green)during 48-h blood-stage cycle. In ring stage (0–18 h post-invasion), rDNA is clustered at one pole of the nucleus, whereas in replicative and dividing stages(trophozoite, 18–38 h and schizont, 38–48 h), the individual rDNA units appear dispersed at multiple sites. (B) Immunofluorescence analysis of PfPol I (red). Ring-stage parasites show a half-moon perinuclear nucleolus. In trophozoites, PfPol I shows an additional diffuse pattern in the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm. In schizont segmented forms, PfPol I appears to relocalize at the nuclear periphery .

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