Cloning and characterization of actin depolymerizing factor from Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Allen, M Leah ^a,c   Dobrowolski, Janice M ^b   Muller, Hayyah ^a   Sibley, L David ^b   Mansour, Tag E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FIBROGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin depolymerizing factor; Cytoskeleton; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DEPOLARIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESTRIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030787775     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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