Isolation and characterization of Leishmania mutants defective in glycosomal protein import

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-237

  Mannion Henderson, Jane ^a,b   Flaspohler, John A ^a,b   Lemley, Kayde R ^a,b   Rickoll, Wayne L ^c   Parsons, Marilyn ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic selection; Glycosomes; Leishmania; Microbodies; Organelle biogenesis; Protein import

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; FLAGELLATE; GENE MUTATION; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROBODIES; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034007602     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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