Involvement of a 40-kDa glycoprotein in food recognition, prey capture, and induction of phagocytosis in the protozoon Actinophrys sol

Protist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-41

  Sakaguchi, Miako ^a,b   Murakami, Hiromi ^a   Suzaki, Toshinobu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPHRYS SOL; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCANAVALIN A; EXTRUSOME; GLYCOPROTEIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SOLUBILIZATION;

ACTINOPHRYS; ACTINOPHRYS SOL; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035336339     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1434-4610-00041     Document Type: Article

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