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The algal past and parasite present of the apicoplast

Date

Authors

van Dooren, Giel

Striepen, Boris

Publisher

Annual Reviews, Inc.

Abstract

Plasmodium and Toxoplasma are genera of apicomplexan parasites that infect millions of people each year. The former causes malaria, and the latter causes neurotropic infections associated with a weakened or developing immune system. These parasites harbor

Keywords

Keywords: fatty acid; iron sulfur protein; isoprenoid; alga; Apicomplexa; apicoplast; article; biogenesis; cell division; cell metabolism; cell organelle; endoplasmic reticulum; endosymbiont; endosymbiosis; heme synthesis; metabolite; parasitism; photosynthesis; Pl Apicomplexa; Chloroplast; Endosymbiosis; Organelle; Parasite

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74875

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Annual Review of Microbiology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1146/annurev-micro-092412-155741

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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