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Evolution of the apicoplast and its hosts: from heterotrophy to autotrophy and back again

SYSNO ASEP	0334940
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Evolution of the apicoplast and its hosts: from heterotrophy to autotrophy and back again
Author(s)	Oborník, Miroslav (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Janouškovec, Jan (BC-A) Chrudimský, Tomáš (BC-A)_RID Lukeš, Julius (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Source Title	International Journal for Parasitology. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0020-7519 Roč. 39, č. 1 (2009), s. 1-12
Number of pages	12 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	AU - Australia
Keywords	Apicoplast ; Apicomplexan ; evolution ; Chromera velia ; GAPDH
Subject RIV	EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
R&D Projects	GA206/06/1439 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z60220518 - PAU-O, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000262735000001
DOI	10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.07.010
Annotation	The photosynthetic origin of apicomplexan parasites was proposed upon the discovery of a reduced non-photosynthetic plastid termed the apicoplast in their cells. Although it is clear that the apicoplast has evolved through a secondary endosymbiosis, its particular origin within the red or green plastid lineage remains controversial. The recent discovery of Chromera velia, the closest known photosynthetic relative to apicomplexan parasites, sheds new light on the evolutionary history of alveolate plastids. Here we review our knowledge on the evolutionary history of Apicomplexa and particularly their plastids, with a focus on the pathway by which they evolved from free-living heterotrophs through photoautotrophs to omnipresent obligatory intracellular parasites. New sequences from C. velia (histones H2A, H2B; GAPDH, TufA) and phylogenetic analyses are also presented and discussed here.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2010

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