RON11 is essential for intraerythrocytic growth. (E) IFAs showing the localization of RON11 in RON11apt schizont with respect to 2 rhoptry markers: RON4 (neck) and RAP1 (bulb). Images from left to right are phase-contrast, DAPI (nucleus, cyan), anti-HA (magenta), anti-RON4, or RAP1 (yellow), and fluorescence merge. Z stack images were deconvolved and projected as a combined single image. Representative images of 3 biological replicates. Anaguano D, Adewale-Fasoro O, Vick GW, Yanik S, Blauwkamp J, Fierro MA, Absalon S, Srinivasan P, Muralidharan V. Plasmodium RON11 triggers biogenesis of the merozoite rhoptry pair and is essential for erythrocyte invasion. PLoS Biol. 2024 22(9):e3002801. PMID: 39292724.