apicoplast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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

Word forms

apicoplast apicoplasts

Related words

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