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Cell invasion by apicomplexan parasites is a rapid yet highly ordered process dependent upon oriented attachment of the parasite to the target cell, parasite motility, and secretion of anterior organelles (rhoptries) during the invasion event (reviewed in Werk 1985). Subsequent to invasion of the host cell, the apicomplexan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, resides within a specialized parasitophorous vacuole (PV). Unlike phagolysosomes, the parasitophorous vacuole neither fuses with lysosomes nor acidifies [Joiner et al. 1990; Jones and Hirsch 1972; Sibley et al. 1985].
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Joiner, K.A. (1993). The Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane Surrounding T. Gondii: A Specialized Interface Between Parasite and Cell. In: Smith, J.E. (eds) Toxoplasmosis. NATO ASI Series, vol 78. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78559-7_8
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