Stage-specific requirement of a mitogen-activated protein kinase by Trypanosoma brucei

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3787-3799

  Müller, Ingrid B ^a,b   Domenicali Pfister, Debora ^a   Roditi, Isabel ^a   Vassella, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA CONTENT; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; KINETOPLAST; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0036855223     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-02-0093     Document Type: Article

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