Unprocessed Toxoplasma ROP1 is effectively targeted and secreted into the nascent parasitophorous vacuole

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 189-193

  Bradley, Peter J ^a   Hsieh, Christine L ^a   Boothroyd, John C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Processing; Rhoptry; ROP1; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ROP1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL VACUOLE; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0036861640     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00162-7     Document Type: Article

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