A motility function for the paraflagellar rod of Leishmania parasites revealed by PFR-2 gene knockouts

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-109

  Santrich, C ^a,d   Moore, L ^a   Sherwin, T ^b   Bastin, P ^b   Brokaw, C ^c   Gull, K ^b   Lebowitz, J H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Flagella; Leishmania; Motility; Paraflagellar rod; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONSTRUCT; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE TARGETING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031441357     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00149-7     Document Type: Article

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