Figure 1

Polysome profiles from different time points during the erythrocytic cycle of P. falciparum . (A-C) Polysome sucrose (15 to 60%) absorbance (A₂₅₄ nm) profiles obtained from erythrocytes infected with ring-stage (A), trophozoite-stage (B), or schizont-stage (C) parasites. (D) Profiles obtained from an uninfected erythrocyte culture (black line) and a blank gradient (dotted line). The number of parasites used to obtain each profile is indicated in the top right corner of the graph. For the uninfected culture in (D), the amount of culture used was equal to the amount of infected culture containing the indicated number of parasites. The monosome peak is marked as 80S.