A plastid segregation defect in the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 330-339

  He, Cynthia Y ^a   Shaw, Michael K ^a   Pletcher, Charles H ^a   Striepen, Boris ^b   Tilney, Lewis G ^a   Roos, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Apicoplast; Delayed death phenotype; Organelle segregation; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ALGA; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASTIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SYMBIOSIS; TOXOPLASMA;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM SP.; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0035253864     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.3.330     Document Type: Article

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