Upper panel: PhIL1-GFP expression pattern in ring, trophozoite and schizont stages. Lower panel: PhIL1 forms a novel protein complex, which includes GAP50 but is different from the glideosome. Co-localization of PhIL1-GFP and GAP50 in P. falciparum blood-stage schizont. PfPhIL1 and PfGAP50 co-localise in IMC with a Pearson’s correlation coefficient of 0.78. Scale bar = 5 μm. The PhIL1 and GAP50 signals significantly co-localised (Fig. 4b). Together, these results confirm the association of PhIL1 with known components of the IMC, and in particular interactions with select, but not all, components of the glideosome.

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