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Using transmission electron microscopy, transverse dense bands were fo
und to be associated with subpellicular microtubules and inner membran
es in Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes. These dense bands may act as
supportive structures to maintain the parallel arrangement of the micr
otubules, and/or to connect them to the inner membranes.