Secretory traffic in the eukaryotic parasite Toxoplasma gondii: Less is more

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 557-563

  Joiner, Keith A ^a   Roos, David S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan parasites; Eukaryotic evolution; Protozoan cell biology; Secretory pathway; Vesicular trafficking

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSOME; EUKARYOTE; GENOME SIZE; GOLGI COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BODILY SECRETIONS; CELL POLARITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANELLES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETORY VESICLES; SYMBIOSIS; TOXOPLASMA;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0037071541     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200112144     Document Type: Short Survey

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