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Atypical lipid composition in the purified relict plastid (apicoplast) of malaria parasites by Botté, Cyrille Y., Yamaryo-Botté, Yoshiki, Rupasinghe, Thusitha W. T., Mullin, Kylie A., MacRae, James I., Spurck, Timothy P., Kalanon, Ming, Shears, Melanie J., Coppel, Ross L., Crellin, Paul K., Maréchal, Eric, McConville, Malcolm J., McFadden, Geoffrey I.

“…The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum harbors a relict, nonphotosynthetic plastid of algal origin termed the apicoplast. Although considerable…”
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Apicoplast and Mitochondrion in Gametocytogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum by Okamoto, Noriko, Spurck, Timothy P, Goodman, Christopher D, McFadden, Geoffrey I

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Membrane Transporters in the Relict Plastid of Malaria Parasites by Mullin, Kylie A., Lim, Liting, Ralph, Stuart A., Spurck, Timothy P., Handman, Emanuela, McFadden, Geoffrey I.

“…Malaria parasites contain a nonphotosynthetic plastid homologous to chloroplasts of plants. The parasite plastid synthesizes fatty acids, heme, iron sulfur…”
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Localization of organellar proteins in Plasmodium falciparum using a novel set of transfection vectors and a new immunofluorescence fixation method by Tonkin, Christopher J., van Dooren, Giel G., Spurck, Timothy P., Struck, Nicole S., Good, Robert T., Handman, Emanuela, Cowman, Alan F., McFadden, Geoffrey I.

“…The apicoplast and mitochondrion of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum are important intracellular organelles and targets of several anti-malarial…”
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Inhibition of Dendritic Cell Maturation by Malaria Is Dose Dependent and Does Not Require Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 by Elliott, Salenna R, Spurck, Timothy P, Dodin, Joelle M, Maier, Alexander G, Voss, Till S, Yosaatmadja, Francisca, Payne, Paul D, McFadden, Geoffrey I, Cowman, Alan F, Rogerson, Stephen J, Schofield, Louis, Brown, Graham V

“…Red blood cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum (iRBCs) have been shown to modulate maturation of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs), interfering…”
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Leishmania Adaptor Protein-1 Subunits Are Required for Normal Lysosome Traffic, Flagellum Biogenesis, Lipid Homeostasis, and Adaptation to Temperatures Encountered in the Mammalian Host by Vince, James E, Tull, Dedreia L, Spurck, Timothy, Derby, Merran C, McFadden, Geoffrey I, Gleeson, Paul A, Gokool, Suzanne, McConville, Malcolm J

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Characterisation of a Leishmania mexicana knockout lacking guanosine diphosphate-mannose pyrophosphorylase by Stewart, James, Curtis, Joan, Spurck, Timothy P., Ilg, Thomas, Garami, Attila, Baldwin, Tracey, Courret, Nathalie, McFadden, Geoffrey I., Davis, Antony, Handman, Emanuela

“…In eukaryotes, the enzyme GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GDP-MP) is essential for the formation of GDP-mannose, the donor of activated mannose for all…”
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Membrane protein SMP-1 is required for normal flagellum function in Leishmania by Tull, Dedreia, Naderer, Thomas, Spurck, Timothy, Mertens, Haydyn D T, Heng, Joanne, McFadden, Geoffrey I, Gooley, Paul R, McConville, Malcolm J

“…Eukaryotic flagella and cilia are surrounded by a membrane that is continuous with, but distinct from, the rest of the plasma membrane. In Leishmania…”
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HIGH ENERGY IRRADIATION AT THE LEADING TIP OF MOVING DIATOMS CAUSES A RAPID CHANGE OF CELL DIRECTION by Cohn, Stanley A., Spurck, Timothy P., Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy D.

“…Previous investigations have suggested that the phototactic behaviour of diatoms, as observed by the accumulation of diatoms in low/moderate intensity light…”
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The glucans extracted with warm water from diatoms are mainly derived from intracellular chrysolaminaran and not extracellular polysaccharides by Chiovitti, Anthony, Molino, Paul, Crawford, Simon A, Teng, Rongwei, Spurck, Timothy, Wetherbee, Richard

“…Several recent studies have employed warm-water treatment of diatom cells to extract nominally bound extracellular polymeric substances. Where examined, the…”
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Diatom gliding is the result of an actin-myosin motility system by Poulsen, Nicole C., Spector, Ilan, Spurck, Timothy P., Schultz, Thomas F., Wetherbee, Richard

“…Diatoms are a group of unicellular microalgae that are encased in a highly ornamented siliceous cell wall, or frustule. Pennate diatoms have bilateral symmetry…”
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A mitochondrial protein affects cell morphology, mitochondrial segregation and virulence in Leishmania by Uboldi, Alessandro D., Lueder, Franziska B., Walsh, Peter, Spurck, Timothy, McFadden, Geoffrey I., Curtis, Joan, Likic, Vladimir A., Perugini, Matthew A., Barson, Mary, Lithgow, Trevor, Handman, Emanuela

“…The single mitochondrion of kinetoplastids divides in synchrony with the nucleus and plays a crucial role in cell division. However, despite its importance and…”
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Pollen Tube Guidance by the Pistil of a Solanaceous Plant by Lush, W.Mary, Spurck, Timothy, Joosten, Ruth

“…The guidance of pollen tubes into the stigma, through the style and within the ovary of solanaceous plants is examined. New data based on time-lapse video…”
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Erratum to “Localization of organellar proteins in Plasmodium falciparum using a novel set of transfection vectors and a new immunofluorescence fixation method” : [Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 137 (2004) 13–21] by Tonkin, Christopher J., van Dooren, Giel G., Spurck, Timothy P., Struck, Nicole S., Good, Robert T., Handman, Emanuela, Cowman, Alan F., McFadden, Geoffrey I.

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UV Microbeam Irradiations of the Mitotic Spindle. II. Spindle Fiber Dynamics and Force Production by Spurck, Timothy P., Stonington, O. Gordon, Snyder, Judith A., Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy D., Bajer, Andrew, Mole-Bajer, Judwiga

“…Metaphase and anaphase spindles in cultured newt and Ptk1 cells were irradiated with a UV microbeam (285 nM), creating areas of reduced birefringence (ARBs) in…”
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The effects of diazepam on mitosis and the microtubule cytoskeleton. I: Observations on the diatoms Hantzschia amphioxys and Surirella robusta by SPURCK, T. P, PICKETT-HEAPS, J. D

“…The effects of diazepam (DZP) on mitosis and the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton in the live diatoms Hantzschia amphioxys and Surirella robusta were followed…”
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On the Mechanism of Anaphase A: Evidence That ATP Is Needed for Microtubule Disassembly and Not Generation of Polewards Force by Spurck, Timothy P., Pickett-Heaps, Jeremy D.

“…As anaphase began, mitotic PtK1and newt lung epithelial cells were permeabilized with digitonin in permeabilization medium (PM). Permeabilization stopped…”
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Microtubule dynamics in the spindle. Theoretical aspects of assembly/disassembly reactions in vivo by Pickett-Heaps, J D, Tippit, D H, Cohn, S A, Spurck, T P

“…The mitotic spindle contains several classes of microtubules (MTs) whose lengths change independently during mitosis. Precise control over MT polymerization…”
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Microtubule dynamics in the spindle. II. A thermodynamic and kinetic description by Cohn, S A, Tippit, D H, Spurck, T P

“…We have previously presented a model for the assembly and disassembly of mitotic spindle microtubules (MTs) (Pickett-Heaps et al., 1986). In this paper, we…”
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