Malaria parasites do the stick-and-slip shuffle.
Münter et al. (2009) demonstrate that malaria parasite movement is highly complex, involving cycles of fast sprints and slow glides over their substrate. This "stick-and-slip shuffle" is controlled by the parasite's secreted adhesive proteins and their interaction with the dynamic actin cytoskeleton.
Gilson
Paul R
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Burnet Institute, 85 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia. gilson@burnet.edu.au
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