How are plastid proteins of the apicomplexan parasites imported? A hypothesis

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-37

  Bodył, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Apicoplast; Chlorarachniophyta; Plastid; Protein targeting; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

APICOPLAST; COCCIDIOSIS; GOLGI APPARATUS; MALARIA; PLASTID; PROTEIN METABOLISM; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032990157     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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