merozoite dense granule

id: GO:0020026
name: merozoite dense granule
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Electron-dense organelle with a granular internal matrix found throughout the merozoite life cycle stage of apicomplexan parasites; contains proteins destined to be secreted into the parasitophorous vacuole following parasite invasion of a host cell.

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