Characterization of two long vesicle-associated membrane proteins or longins genes from Entamoeba histolytica

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 378-384

  Tamayo, Elsa María ^a   Ondarza, Raúl N ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d México ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Drug targets; Entamoeba histolytica; Long VAMP; SNARE; Synaptobrevin; Syntaxin; Vesicle trafficking

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; PROTEINASE; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EXOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 10944262756     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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