Figure 9
From: Malaria ookinetes exhibit multiple markers for apoptosis-like programmed cell death in vitro
schematic for the proposed progress of apoptotic-like cell death in P. berghei ookinetes. A: Live ookinete with no caspase activity (no staining) B: Apoptotic ookinete with caspase-like activity (green), C and D: Ookinete with caspase-like activity and a compromised cell membrane (late stage apoptosis) (green and orange), E: ookinete with no caspase-like activity but with a compromised membrane (orange) (may have died by necrosis), n: nucleus; green: the fluorochrome labelled caspase inhibitor (FAM.VAD fmk); orange: propidium iodide.