title: [The advancement on mitochondrion of cryptosporidium].
abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is an important apicomplexan disease with medical and veterinary significance. There is still no effective drug for its control. Mitochondrion is an organelle which contains most protein and enzyme in eukaryotes, so the mitochondrion of Cryptosporidium may be a potential target of drugs. Recent studies provided evidence for a mitochondrial derived compartment in this parasite. But the organelle has some difference to that of other apicomplexan parasites. This organelle appears to lack its genome, and thus must be entirely dependent on nuclear-encoded proteins. This article reviews the evidence for the organelle in Cryptosporidium and its probable function.
authors: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China.
authors: Jin-Chan
authors: JC
authors: Wang
authors: Long-Xian
authors: LX
authors: Zhang
authors: Chang-Shen
authors: CS
authors: Ning
authors: Fu-Chun
authors: FC
authors: Jian
authors: Zhao-Xia
authors: ZX
authors: Shao
authors: Tuan-Yuan
authors: TY
authors: Shi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*