Rab GTPases and the unusual secretory pathway of Plasmodium

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Ward, Gary E ^a   Tilney, Lewis G ^b   Langsley, Gordon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

ERYTHROCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SECRETION;

EID: 0031081556     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(96)10080-6     Document Type: Review

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