Apicoplast and mitochondrion in gametocytogenesis of Plasmodium falciparum.
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.
Okamoto
Noriko
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Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Spurck
Timothy P
TP
Goodman
Christopher D
CD
McFadden
Geoffrey I
GI
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