glideosome
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Noun[edit]
glideosome (plural glideosomes)
- A dynamic complex that powers gliding motion and host cell invasion by the motile and invasive stages of Apicomplexans (including Toxoplasma and Plasmodium)
- 2016 March 8, “Identification of Novel O-Linked Glycosylated Toxoplasma Proteins by Vicia villosa Lectin Chromatography”, in PLOS ONE, :
- This defect was at least partially explained by the demonstration that the gliding associated protein GAP50 requires N-glycosylation for proper trafficking and association with glideosome partners.
- 2017 September 4, Karine Frénal, Jean-François Dubremetz, Maryse Lebrun, Dominique Soldati-Favre, “Gliding motility powers invasion and egress in Apicomplexa”, in Nature Reviews Microbiology, volume 15, number 11, Nature Portfolio, , →ISSN, →PMID, pages 1/645–660:
- This gliding machinery, termed the glideosome...