- malaria.
Because apicoplasts are
vital to
parasite survival, they
provide an
enticing target for
antimalarial drugs. Specifically,
apicoplasts' plant-like...
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protein production. It
kills malaria by
targeting a
plastid organelle, the
apicoplast.
Doxycycline was
patented in 1957 and came into
commercial use in 1967...
- Apicomplexa, a
group of
closely related parasites, also have
plastids called apicoplasts,
which are not photosynthetic, but
appear to have a
common origin with...
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leucoplasts (non-pigmented plastids, some of
which can differentiate); and
apicoplasts (non-photosynthetic
plastids of
apicomplexa derived from
secondary endosymbiosis)...
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represents a
diverse and
novel lineage of the
Apicomplexa that has
retained apicoplasts.
Genome Biol Evol
Moore RB; Oborník M;
Janouskovec J; Chrudimský T; Vancová...
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parasites contain apicoplasts,
organelles related to the
plastids found in plants,
complete with
their own genomes.
These apicoplasts are
thought to have...
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Hydrogenosome Plastid Chloroplast Chromoplast Gerontoplast Leucoplast Apicoplast Kappa organism Organs Bacteriome Trophosome Nitroplast Abiogenesis Last...
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conducted to
confirm whether the N-end rule
operates in chloroplasts. An
apicoplast is a
derived non-photosynthetic
plastid found in most Apicomplexa, including...
- the
apicoplast, is
derived from a
secondary endosymbiosis event, in this case the
acquisition of a red alga by the
Plasmodium ancestor. The
apicoplast is...
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parasitophorous vacuole formation. As an apicomplexan, it
harbours a plastid, an
apicoplast,
similar to
plant chloroplasts,
which they
probably acquired by engulfing...
