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Membrane Contact Sites between Apicoplast and ER in <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> Revealed by Electron Tomography
9 Jun 2009
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite from the phylum Apicomplexa. A hallmark of these protozoans is the presence of a unique apical complex of organelles that includes the apicoplast, a plastid acquired by secondary endosymbiosis. The apicoplast is indispensible for parasite viability. It harbours a fatty acid biosynthesis type II (FAS II) pathway and plays a key role in the parasite lipid...
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