apicoplast

English

Noun

apicoplast (plural apicoplasts)

(microbiology) A relict, non-photosynthetic plastid found in most of the Apicomplexa, proposed to have evolved via secondary endosymbiosis and surrounded by four membranes within the outermost part of the endomembrane system

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Translations

a relict, non-photosynthetic plastid found in most of the Apicomplexa

French: apicoplaste (fr) m
Italian: apicoplasto m
Portuguese: apicoplasto m
Spanish: apicoplasto m

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