Plasmodia! organelles

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Mitochondria are semiautonomous organelles that live in an endosymbiotic relation with the host cell. These organelles contain their own DNA, which encodes a variety of different proteins and RNAs. The genomes of mitochondrial range broadly in size across species. The mitochondrial genome of the protist Plasmodium falciparum consists of fewer than 6000 base pairs (6 kbp), whereas those of some land plants comprise more than 200 kbp (Figure... 

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A vestigial chloroplast is present in the malarial parasite Plasmodium. It codes for some of the enzymes involved in fat synthesis. Because mammals do not have chloroplasts, this plasmodial organelle is a potential target for selective antimalarial therapy. 

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