Detection of actin in blood stage parasites by fluorescent staining techniques. A) Image of a mature schizont and released merozoites stained with TRITC-phalloidin showing brighter polar fluorescence of the merozoites (Δ). B) The corresponding DIC image shows the bright contrast image of malarial pigment. G) Fluorescence associated with mature and rupturing schizont and with the membranes of all erythrocytes after immuno-staining using a monoclonal AB to actin. Merozoite-associated fluorescence was strongest in the periphery (Δ). H) Corresponding DIC image.

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