The malaria parasite harbours an indispensable plastid known as the 'apicoplast'. The
apicoplast's exact role remains uncertain, but it houses components involved in fatty acid …

New chemotherapies for human and animal apicomplexan infections are needed as a
component of future strategies to deal with these diseases. An extensive search for new …

Plasmodium spp parasites harbor an unusual plastid organelle called the apicoplast. Due to
its prokaryotic origin and essential function, the apicoplast is a key target for development of …

Apicomplexa are obligate intracellular parasites responsible for major human infectious
diseases such as toxoplasmosis and malaria, which pose social and economic burdens …

Apicomplexan parasites cause devastating diseases including malaria and toxoplasmosis.
They harbour a plastid-like, non-photosynthetic organelle of algal origin, the apicoplast …

Endosymbiosis has driven major molecular and cellular innovations. Plasmodium spp.
parasites that cause malaria contain an essential, non-photosynthetic plastid—the …

Parasites such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma possess a vestigial plastid homologous to
the chloroplasts of algae and plants. The plastid (known as the apicoplast; for apicomplexan …

The apicoplast is a plastid organelle, homologous to chloroplasts of plants, that is found in
apicomplexan parasites such as the causative agents of Malaria Plasmodium spp. It occurs …

Lipids are essential and highly abundant components of all organisms. They serve as the
main building blocks of the membranes that surround and compartmentalize cells, as a store …

Malaria parasites contain a relict plastid, the apicoplast, which is considered an excellent
drug target due to its bacterial-like ancestry. Numerous parasiticidals have been proposed to …