Electron tomography of individual Maurer’s cleft bodies, tubules and vesicles in a Plasmodium falciparum strain 3D7-infected red blood cell (RBC). (A) A virtual section with an individual Maurer’s cleft marked with a rectangle, which is depicted at higher resolution in (B). The presence of the gold particles (arrowheads) indicates labelling with antibodies recognising the Maurer’s cleft resident, skeleton-binding protein-1 (SBP1). (C and D) Virtual sections showing transverse (C) and cross-section (D) views through a tubular structure. Scale bars: (A) 1 mm; (B) 100 nm; (C and D) 25 nm..

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