apicomplexan

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noun Any of a phylum (Apicomplexa) of protozoans that have a group of organelles and other structures located in the apical end of the cell. Apicomplexans are parasitic in animals and include the organisms that cause malaria and toxoplasmosis.

[From New Latin Apicomplexa, phylum name (after the apical complex of organelles found in the organisms).]

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Origin, targeting, and function of the apicomplexan plastid.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Origin, targeting, and function of the apicomplexan plastid.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
The thrombospondin-related protein family of apicomplexan parasites: The gears of the cell invasion machinery.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
The thrombospondin-related protein family of apicomplexan parasites: The gears of the cell invasion machinery.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
The thrombospondin-related protein family of apicomplexan parasites: The gears of the cell invasion machinery.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
A plastid of probably green algal origin in apicomplexan parasites.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
A plastid of probably green algal origin in apicomplexan parasites.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Origin, targeting, and function of the apicomplexan plastid.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
A plastid of probably green algal origin in apicomplexan parasites.

Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
Apparently what is going on is that this particular apicomplexan assembles its cilia in the cytoplasm, and therefore has ditched the elaborate IFT complex that would otherwise be needed to transport building materials out to the far-removed end of the cilium.

Of cilia and silliness (more on Behe) - The Panda's Thumb 2007