The apicomplexan plastid and its evolution |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Shigeharu?SatoEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Parasitology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK |
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Abstract: | Protistan species belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa have a non-photosynthetic secondary plastid—the apicoplast. Although
its tiny genome and even the entire nuclear genome has been sequenced for several organisms bearing the organelle, the reason
for its existence remains largely obscure. Some of the functions of the apicoplast, including housekeeping ones, are significantly
different from those of other plastids, possibly due to the organelle’s unique symbiotic origin. |
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