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What Do Human Parasites Do with a Chloroplast Anyway?

The malaria parasite has a chloroplast, which is a holdover from its algal past. The authors discuss the fascinating biology of this organelle and its promise for treatment in light of a seminal new study.

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Autores principales: Nair, Sethu C., Striepen, Boris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21912515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001137
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spelling pubmed-31661692011-09-12 What Do Human Parasites Do with a Chloroplast Anyway? Nair, Sethu C. Striepen, Boris PLoS Biol Primer The malaria parasite has a chloroplast, which is a holdover from its algal past. The authors discuss the fascinating biology of this organelle and its promise for treatment in light of a seminal new study. Public Library of Science 2011-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3166169/ /pubmed/21912515 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001137 Text en Striepen, Nair. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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