David S. Roos

A plastid segregation defect in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

The Plasmodium genome database

The Apicoplast as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Toxoplasma and Other Apicomplexan Parasites: Some Additional Thoughts

Soldati (this issue) provides a thought-provoking Comment on the apicomplexan plastid, or ‘apicoplast’. It is very satisfying (if all-too-rare) when disparate areas of research ...

OrthoMCL: Identification of Ortholog Groups for Eukaryotic Genomes

The identification of orthologous groups is useful for genome annotation, studies on gene/protein evolution, comparative genomics, and the identification of taxonomically restri...

Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

A Plastid of Probable Green Algal Origin in Apicomplexan Parasites

Protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa contain three genetic elements: the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes characteristic of virtually all eukaryotic cells and a 35-kil...

A plastid organelle as a drug target in apicomplexan parasites