A new release on life: Emerging concepts in proteolysis and parasite invasion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1617-1630

  Carruthers, Vern B ^a   Blackman, Michael J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APICOPLAST; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL INVASION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EIMERIA; MICROFILAMENT; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 15944375185     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04483.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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