Mitotic microtubular structures of cultured parasites viewed by immunofluorescence using an antibody to Plasmodium falciparum a-tubulin II (visualised with fluorescein isothiocyanate, left) and nuclear bodies stained with DAPI (right). (A) Note microtubule-organising centres (large arrow) and (B) hemispindles (small arrow). Scale bars = 4 mm.

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