Crystalloids: Fascinating Parasite Organelles Essential for Malaria Transmission.

Trends Parasitol

Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.

Published: July 2021

Crystalloids are malaria parasite organelles exclusive to the ookinete and young oocyst life stages that infect the mosquito. The organelles have key roles in sporozoite development and infectivity but the way this is facilitated on a molecular level remains poorly understood. Recent discoveries have shed new light on these processes.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2021.04.002DOI Listing

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