RAP1 controls rhoptry targeting of RAP2 in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2435-2443

  Baldi, Deborah L ^a   Andrews, Katherine T ^b   Waller, Ross F ^c   Roos, David S ^d   Howard, Randall F ^e   Crabb, Brendan S ^c   Cowman, Alan F ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malaria; Molecular parasitology; Targeted gene disruption; Vaccine antigens

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; RHOPTRY;

EID: 0034213830     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.11.2435     Document Type: Article

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