A novel protein targeting domain directs proteins to the anterior cytoplasmic face of the flagellar pocket in African trypanosomes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3091-3101

  Hill, Kent L ^a   Hutchings, Nathan R ^a   Russell, David G ^b   Donelson, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flagellar pocket; GFP; Protein targeting; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA PRIMERS; FLAGELLA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032829216     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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