Analysis of apicoplast targeting and transit peptide processing in Toxoplasma gondii by deletional and insertional mutagenesis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-21

  Yung, Sunny ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a   Lang Unnasch, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Protein targeting; Ribosomal protein; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SERINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0034756153     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00359-0     Document Type: Article

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