Asynchronous nuclear cycles in multinucleated Plasmodium falciparum enable rapid proliferation
S. Klaus, P. Binder, J. Kim, M. Machado, C. Funaya, V. Schaaf, D. Klaschka, A. Kudulyte, M. Cyrklaff, V. Laketa, T. Hoefer, J. Guizetti, N. Becker, F. Frischknecht, U. S. Schwarz, M. Ganter
The paper shows that Plasmodium falciparum nuclei replicate DNA asynchronously, leading to heterogeneous progeny numbers and slower replication during overlapping events.
bioRxiv · Apr 15, 2021Microbiology