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Saima May Sidik

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchORCID 0000-0002-9581-7069Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Assay:electrophysiology· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1

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Perforation of the host cell plasma membrane during Toxoplasma gondii invasion requires rhoptry exocytosis

Frances Male, Yuto Kegawa, Paul S. Blank, Irene Jiménez-Munguía, Saima May Sidik, Dylan Valleau, Sebastian Lourido, Maryse Lebrun, Joshua J. Zimmerberg, Gary E. Ward

This study confirms that Toxoplasma gondii induces a transient increase in host cell plasma membrane conductance during invasion, suggesting a perforation mechanism for rhoptry protein delivery.

EMBO Reports · Sep 19, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology