GTPases in protozoan parasites: Tools for cell biology and chemotherapy

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 365-371

  Field, M C ^a   Ali, B R S ^a   Field, H ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033198291     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01499-4     Document Type: Review

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