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Apicoplasts

Known as: Apicomplexan Plastid, Apicoplast, Plastids, Apicomplexan 
Non-photosynthetic plastids derived from RED ALGAE endosymbionts. They are found in species of the phylum APICOMPLEXA including PLASMODIUM MALARAIAE.
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Role of chloroplasts and other plastids in ageing and death of plants and animals: A tale of Vishnu and Shiva
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The methylerythritol phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis in coccidia: presence and sensitivity to fosmidomycin.
Review
2007
Review
2007
Isoprenoid biosynthesis of the apicoplast as drug target.
In Plasmodium falciparum the biosynthesis of isoprenoids is achieved by the mevalonate-independent 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Protein targeting to destinations of the secretory pathway in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Review
2004
Review
2004
The cytoskeleton and motility in apicomplexan invasion.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Comment on "A Green Algal Apicoplast Ancestor"
Discovery of a plastid in apicomplexan parasites such as Toxoplasma and Plasmodium ( [1][1], [2][2] ) has prompted intense debate… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Apicomplexan Parasites Possess Distinct Nuclear-encoded, but Apicoplast-localized, Plant-type Ferredoxin-NADP+ Reductase and Ferredoxin*
In searching for nuclear-encoded, apicoplast-localized proteins we have cloned ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase from Toxoplasma gondii… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Traffic jams: protein transport in Plasmodium falciparum.
1992
1992
Chloroplast ATPase genes in the diatom Odontella sinensis reflect cyanobacterial characters in structure and arrangement.
1970
1970
Relation of barley stripe mosaic virus to plastids.
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