Heterogeneity and a coiled coil prediction of trypanosomatid-like flagellar rod proteins in Euglena

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 323-333

  Ngo, H M ^a   Bouck, G B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Paraflagellar rod; Paraxonemal rods; Protist

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLAGELLUM; GEL; HETEROGENEITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALGAE; EUGLENA; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0032077434     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04543.x     Document Type: Article

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