The MIC1 microneme protein of Toxoplasma gondii contains a duplicated receptor-like domain and binds to host cell surface

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-210

  Fourmaux, Marie Noëlle ^a   Achbarou, Abderrahim ^a,c   Mercereau Puijalon, Odile ^b   Biderre, Corinne ^a,d   Briche, Isabelle ^a   Loyens, Anne ^a   Odberg Ferragut, Carmen ^a   Camus, Daniel ^a   Dubremetz, Jean François ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

adhesion; duplication; invasion; micronemes; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELLS;

PLASMODIUM SP.; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030596197     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02773-9     Document Type: Article

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