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The apicomplexan plastid and its evolution

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...

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Autor principal: Sato, Shigeharu
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3064897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21380560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00018-011-0646-1