Characterization of Myosin-A and Myosin-C: Two class XIV unconventional myosins from Toxoplasma gondii

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-67

  Heintzelman, Matthew B ^a,b   Schwartzman, Joseph D ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Gliding motility; Golgi apparatus; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; GOLGI COMPLEX; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACTINS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032860718     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(199909)44:1<58::AID-CM5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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