Apical complex

Definition: A group of cytoskeletal structures and associated membrane-bounded organelles found at the anterior end of adult obligate intracellular protozoan parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa. The apical complex is involved in attachment to and penetration of the host cell, and in parasite proliferation.

ID: GO:0020007

Articles referencing this term

Interaction and dynamics of the Plasmodium falciparum MTIP–MyoA complex, a key component of the invasion motor in the malaria parasite
Jemima C. Thomas, Judith L. Green, Ronald I. Howson, Peter Simpson, David K. Moss, Stephen R. Martin, Anthony A. Holder, Ernesto Cota and Edward W. Tate, Mol. BioSyst., 2010 , 6 , 494
DOI: 10.1039/b922093c