Transmembrane insertion of the toxoplasma gondii GRA5 protein occurs after soluble secretion into the host cell

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1277-1287

  Lecordier, Laurence ^a,b   Mercier, Corinne ^a,c   David Sibley, L ^c   Cesbron Delauwz, Marie France ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL VACUOLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

POTATO VIRUS M; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032947846     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.4.1277     Document Type: Article

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