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- noun A
relict , non-photosynthetic plastid found in most of theApicomplexa , proposed to haveevolved via secondaryendosymbiosis and surrounded by fourmembranes within the outermost part of theendomembrane system.
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Examples
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"It's actually thought that the malaria parasite incorporated an algal cell early on, and that the thing we call the apicoplast is the remnant of the algal cell," says
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Joseph DeRisi of the University of California, San Francisco became interested in an organelle inside the malaria parasites' cells known as an apicoplast.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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"Even if our results cannot be confirmed in a field trial, the apicoplast is a promising target for future medication," explains Dr. Johannes
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The apicoplast is a relict chloroplast found in most apicomplexan parasites, and the enzymes it contains are of high interest as drugs targets for several diseases caused by these pathogens.
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The apicoplast is a relict chloroplast found in most apicomplexan parasites, and the enzymes it contains are of high interest as drugs targets for several diseases caused by these pathogens.
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No one was completely sure what the apicoplast did.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Normally, without an apicoplast, the parasites would just die.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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But since the medication blocking the apicoplast does not prevent the sporozoites from reproducing in the liver cell, the immune system is exposed to the full antigen load of a natural infection.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The antibiotics administered target the apicoplast of the parasites.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Sequences with similarity to signal peptides have been found in proteins trafficked to the parasite organelles (e.g. dense granules, apicoplast, mitochondria) as well as secreted out of the parasite.
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