title: Apicoplast and mitochondrion in gametocytogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum.
abstract: Live cell imaging of human malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum during gametocytogenesis revealed that the apicoplast does not grow, whereas the mitochondrion undergoes remarkable morphological development. A close connection of the two organelles is consistently maintained. The apicoplast and mitochondrion are not components of the male gametes, suggesting maternal inheritance.
authors.affiliation: Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Spurck
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Goodman
authors.forename: Geoffrey I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: McFadden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005718:Gametogenesis; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018087:Plastids / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity