Number of plastomes (plastid genomes)

Range 15 to 25 Copies/cell
Organism Unicellular eukaryote Apicomplexa spp.
Reference Seeber F, Soldati-Favre D. Metabolic pathways in the apicoplast of apicomplexa. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol. 2010 281: 161-228. p.166 2nd paragraphPubMed ID20460186
Primary Source Matsuzaki M, Kikuchi T, Kita K, Kojima S, Kuroiwa T. Large amounts of apicoplast nucleoid DNA and its segregation in Toxoplasma gondii. Protoplasma. 2001 218(3-4):180-91.PubMed ID11770434
Entered by Uri M
ID 106240