A dibasic motif in the tail of a class XIV apicomplexan myosin is an essential determinant of plasma membrane localization

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1385-1400

  Hettmann, Christine ^a   Herm, Angelika ^a   Geiter, Ariane ^a   Frank, Bernd ^a   Schwarz, Eva ^b   Soldati, Thierry ^b   Soldati, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034111791     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1385     Document Type: Article

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