Protein synthesis in the plastid of Plasmodium falciparum

Authors
Roy, A Cox, RA Williamson, DH Wilson, RJMI
Citation
A. Roy et al., Protein synthesis in the plastid of Plasmodium falciparum, PROTIST, 150(2), 1999, pp. 183-188
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
PROTIST
ISSN journal
14344610 → ACNP
Volume
150
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
183 - 188
Database
ISI
SICI code
1434-4610(199908)150:2<183:PSITPO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The plastid organelle of malarial and other apicomplexan parasites contains ribosome-like particles as well as a genome dedicated largely to specifyin g components of a protein expression system. We have identified plastid rib osomes using hybridization studies and show that in erythrocytic stages of Plasmodium falciparum a subset of polysomes carries plastid-specified rRNAs and mRNA, supporting the idea that protein synthesis is active in the plas tid.