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Abstract
Trichomonas vaginalis is a parasite protozoan that causes human trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that affects more than 156 million people worldwide. T. vaginalis contains an uncommon and complex cytoskeleton constituting the mastigont system, formed by several fibers and proteinaceous structures associated with basal bodies. Among these structures is the pelta-axostylar complex made of microtubules and striated filaments such as the costa and the parabasal filaments. In addition, some structures are poorly known and studied, such as the sigmoid filament and the X-filament. Here, we have isolated the Trichomonas vaginalis cytoskeleton and used UHR-SEM (ultra-high resolution scanning electron microscopy), tomography, immunofluorescence, immunolabeling, and backscattered electrons on SEM, negative staining to model the three-dimensional architecture and possible function of the sigmoid.
期刊介绍：
Journal of Structural Biology (JSB) has an open access mirror journal, the Journal of Structural Biology: X (JSBX), sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review. Since both journals share the same editorial system, you may submit your manuscript via either journal homepage. You will be prompted during submission (and revision) to choose in which to publish your article. The editors and reviewers are not aware of the choice you made until the article has been published online. JSB and JSBX publish papers dealing with the structural analysis of living material at every level of organization by all methods that lead to an understanding of biological function in terms of molecular and supermolecular structure.
Techniques covered include:
• Light microscopy including confocal microscopy
• All types of electron microscopy
• X-ray diffraction
• Nuclear magnetic resonance
• Scanning force microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, and tunneling microscopy
• Digital image processing
• Computational insights into structure
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