A Rab1 homologue with a novel isoprenylation signal provides insight into the secretory pathway of Theileria parva

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-143

  Janoo, Rozmin ^a   Musoke, Anthony ^a   Wells, Clive ^a   Bishop, Richard ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Intron; Isoprenylation; Rab GTPases; Secretory pathway; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTRON; ISOPRENYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THEILERIA PARVA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; RAB1 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEILERIA PARVA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0032781407     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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