Plateins: A novel family of signal peptide-containing articulins in euplotid ciliates

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-33

  Kloetzel, John A ^a   Baroin Tourancheau, Anne ^b   Miceli, Cristina ^c   Barchetta, Sabrina ^c   Farmar, James ^d   Banerjee, Deben ^d   Fleury Aubusson, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar plates; Alveolata; Cell cortex; Cortical morphogenesis; Cytoskeleton; Euplotes aedieulatus; Membrane skeleton; Protist

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; CYTOLOGY; PROTEIN; PROTIST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CILIOPHORA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EUPLOTES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPOTRICHIDA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALVEOLATA; CILIOPHORA; EUGLENA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES AEDICULATUS; EUPLOTIDA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMICROTHORAX;

EID: 0037224126     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00102.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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