Occurrence of articulins and epiplasmins in protists

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-18

  Huttenlauch, Irm ^a,c   Stick, Reimer ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c FN2 ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Cytoskeleton; Dinoflagellates; Epiplasm; Flagellates; Membrane skeleton; Peptide repeats; VPV motif

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; PROTEIN; PROTIST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EUGLENA GRACILIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

AMPHIDINIUM; AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUGLENIDA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES AEDICULATUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMICROTHORAX; PSEUDOMICROTHORAX DUBIUS; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0037224256     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00101.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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