Parasite (T.Gondii) and bacterium (Chlamydia trachomatis) illustrate convergent evolution: Both hijack cells' 'post office'

Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydia trachomatis both use the cell's golgi network to capture cell nutrients; T.Gondii localises close to the pericentriolar material - a favoured locale of DISC1 and certain of its binding partners.





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