Actin filament polymerization regulates gliding motility by apicomplexan parasites

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 396-406

  Wetzel, D M ^a   Hakansson S ^a,c   Hu, K ^b   Roos, D ^b   Sibley, L D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; JASPAMIDE; STABILIZING AGENT; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; APICAL MEMBRANE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIGOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOVEMENT; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRIXIS;

EID: 0037328668     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-08-0458     Document Type: Article

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