Posttranslational modifications of α-tubulin of Toxoplasma gondii

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 386-389

  Plessmann, Uwe ^a   Reiter Owona, Ingrid ^b   Lechtreck, Karl Ferdinand ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANTIBODY; CARBOXY TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA; TUBULIN;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 11144257798     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1220-7     Document Type: Article

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