Molecular characterization of myosin IB from the lower eukaryote Entamoeba histolytica, a human parasite

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-73

  Vargas, Miguel ^a   Voigt, Heike ^b   Sansonetti, Philippe ^b   Guillen, Nancy ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

capping; cytoskeleton; entamoeba; myosin I

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT 1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030925571     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)02854-5     Document Type: Article

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