Microneme proteins: Structural and functional requirements to promote adhesion and invasion by the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1293-1302

  Soldati, Dominique ^a   Dubremetz, Jean Francois ^b   Lebrun, Maryse ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Apicomplexa; Invasion; Microneme; Sorting; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIGAND; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN MICRONEME; PROTEIN TGMIC1; PROTEIN TGMIC2; PROTEIN TGMIC4; PROTEIN TGMIC6; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

PARASITISM; PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; APICOMPLEXA; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACTOMYOSIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; ORGANELLES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034817498     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00257-0     Document Type: Review

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