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Eukaryota > Alveolata > Apicomplexa

Preferred term

Apicomplexa  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Sporozoea
  • Sporozoeas

Note

  • general; prefer specifics; infection: coordinate IM with PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A phylum of unicellular parasitic EUKARYOTES characterized by the presence of complex apical organelles generally consisting of a conoid that aids in penetrating host cells, rhoptries that possibly secrete a proteolytic enzyme, and subpellicular microtubules that may be related to motility.

History note

  • 1992

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016782

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