… that parasites readily scavenged long-chain fatty acids as well … cell organelles, which may
facilitate the intracellular survival … When apicoplast DNA was visualized using the nucleic acid …

… In summary, TgFabG, an essential enzyme of a vital fatty acid synthesis pathway in the
apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, was recombinantly produced, over-expressed, …

… fitness of Toxoplasma gondii, an apicomplexan parasite causing … for the synthesis of isoprenoid
precursors, a type II fatty acid … We stained the apicoplast and mitochondrion of parasites …

… of precursors for isoprenoids in Apicomplexa occurs in the apicoplast and is essential. To …
Δfpps mutant parasites manage to survive without the production of essential isoprenoids we …

… While Toxoplasma gondii lacks this type of translocator, the N-… apicoplast has been shown
to be indispensable for survival … acid phosphoenolpyruvate is required for the type II fatty acid …

… rapidly invade other host cells for survival. These repeated cycles of … Phospholipids have
two fatty acid chains and a phosphate … , apicoplast, Golgi body, displaying compartmentalized …

… are present in the apicoplast and mitochondrion of T. … gondii tachyzoite survival and its
replacement by foreign DNA … which are amphipathic molecules with two fatty acid chains at the sn-…

… Despite the loss of photosynthesis, the apicoplast is critical for the survival of apicomplexans…
of the parasite. We further showed that carbon import is required for fatty acid synthesis as …

… biosynthesis is crucial for the successful intracellular survival … The reaction is catalyzed
by type II fatty acid synthase (FASII)… as essential signaling mediators involved in apicoplast …

… parasites, namely they can only replicate and survive inside … ; Toxoplasma gondii, the
causative agent of toxoplasmosis, … gondii engages in vigorous de novo fatty acid synthesis and …