Identification and molecular characterization of GRA8, a novel, proline- rich, dense granule protein of Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-37

  Carey, Kimberly L ^a   Donahue, Carolyn G ^a   Ward, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense granules; Invasion; Parasitophorous vacuole; Proline rich protein; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLINE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033990607     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00160-7     Document Type: Article

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