Apicomplexa are unicellular eukaryotic parasites that exhibit two types of secretory organelle at their apical pole and a membranous system that underlies their plasma membrane. Apicomplexa are ...

Researchers have genetically dissected the way Apicomplexa divides and multiplies within its host cell. This approach should be broadly applicable, allowing unbiased genetic analysis of any part of ...

Researchers have identified a key enzyme for the synthesis of glycoconjugates (sugars linked to other molecules) in Plasmodium falciparum and other intracellular parasites belonging to the large ...

The word Apicomplexa may be unfamiliar to most people. But the parasites it describes are all too familiar—causing malaria, toxoplasmosis and several other diseases. These scourges are complex and ...

Apicomplexa form one of the largest and most diverse groups of obligate intracellular parasites, capable of infecting almost every kind of animal. It is estimated that between 1.2 and 10 million ...