The Making of Merosomes

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The parasites, which express green fluorescent protein, are shown in green; the sinusoids, or cavities through which blood flows in the liver, are shown in red after injection of red-fluorescent bovine serum albumin. The movie shows the formation of one or more merosome(s), which bud from the infected liver cell, reach a liver sinusoid, and finally detach from the mother cell inside the sinusoid. The merosomes usually remain intact for some time while slowly drifting through the blood in the liver.

Movie: R. Amino & R. Ménard