Genetic dissection of the Leishmania paraflagellar rod, a unique flagellar cytoskeleton structure

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2753-2763

  Maga, John A ^a   Sherwin, Trevor ^b   Francis, Susan ^b   Gull, Keith ^b   LeBowitz, Jonathan H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flagellum; Leishmania; Paraflagellar rod; PFR1; PFR2

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETON; DNA PROBES; EPITOPES; FLAGELLA; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUTAGENESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0032844652     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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