Localisation of PfMRP in P. falciparum schizonts from strain A4. (A) Confocal image of schizont-infected erythrocytes stained using the anti-PfMRP antibody and FITC-labelled secondary antibody. (B) Transmitted light image of the same field. (C) Confocal image of the DAPI-stained schizont nuclei in the same field. Images were captured using a Leica TCS 4D confocal microscope. Arrows in (B) indicate: 1, uninfected human erythrocyte; 2, parasite food vacuole; 3, unstained plasma membrane of an infected human erythrocyte; and 4, stained, disrupted membrane of a presumably formerly infected erythrocyte. Schizonts show a very distinctive pattern of fluorescence staining with anti-PfMRP with the majority of reactivity surrounding what seems to be the plasma membrane of the parasite.

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