A novel potential surface protein in Trichomonas vaginalis contains a leucine-rich repeat shared by micro-organisms from all three domains of life

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 195-199

  Hirt, Robert P ^a   Harriman, Natalie ^a   Kajava, Andrey V ^b   Embley, T Martin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BspA like protein; Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Leucine rich repeats; Molecular modelling; Parasitic protozoa; Surface proteins; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BSPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0036860244     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00211-6     Document Type: Article

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