Actomyosin motor in the merozoite of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum: Implications for red cell invasion

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1831-1839

  Pinder, J C ^a   Fowler, R E ^b   Dluzewski, A R ^a   Bannister, L H ^b   Lavin, F M ^b   Mitchell, G H ^b   Wilson, R J M ^c   Gratzer, W B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Merozoite; Myosin; Plasmodium falciparum; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT;

ACTOMYOSIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DIACETYL; DOGS; ERYTHROCYTES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOXOPLASMA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031872677     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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