The apicoplast: A review of the derived plastid of apicomplexan parasites

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-80

  Waller, Ross F ^a   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYTHIAMICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CERULENIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLODINAFOP; DOXYCYCLINE; GYRASE INHIBITOR; HALOXYPOP; HEME; ISOPRENOID; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUIZLOFOP; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; THIOLACTOMYCIN; THIOSTREPTON; TRALKOXYDIM; TRICLOSAN; TROVAFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

APICOPLAST; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FENOXAPROP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HEME SYNTHESIS; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLANT CELL; PLASMODIUM; PLASTID; PLESIOMORPHY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APICOMPLEXA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

APICOMPLEXA;

EID: 9444266430     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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