Figure 2

Transmission electron micrograph of immunogold labelling for laminin in a P. berghei oocyst 14 days post-infection. A) Oocyst underneath the basal lamina (5,000 ×; scale bar = 5 μm). B) Higher magnification image of boxed area of A (12,000 ×; scale bar = 2 μm). Laminin labelling (30 nm gold particles) is found close to the membranes of, or within, developing sporozoites (arrows). Laminin is also present on basal lamina around the midgut and individual muscles blocks. Me = midgut epithelium, BL = basal lamina, Sp = sporozoites, Cap = capsule, Mu = muscle.