Apicomplexan cell cycle flexibility: centrosome controls the clutch

作者：Chen Chun Ti; Gubbels Marc Jan^*

来源：Trends in Parasitology, 2015, 31(6): 229-230.

DOI：10.1016/j.pt.2015.04.003

• Toxoplasma gondii
• centrosome
• apicomplexa
• endodyogeny
• schizogony

The centrosome serves as a central hub coordinating multiple cellular events in eukaryotes. A recent study in Toxoplasma gondii revealed a unique bipartite structure of the centrosome, which coordinates the nuclear cycle (S-phase and mitosis) and budding cycle (cytokinesis) of the parasite, and deciphers the principle behind flexible apicomplexan cell division modes.

• 出版日期2015-6