Sequence requirements for trafficking of the CRAM transmembrane protein to the flagellar pocket of african trypanosomes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5149-5163

  Yang, Hong ^a   Russell, David G ^a   Zheng, Baijing ^a   Eiki, Manami ^a   Lee, Mary Gwo Shu ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOPLASM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0033919779     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.14.5149-5163.2000     Document Type: Article

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