Malaria parasite actin filaments are very short

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-125

  Schmitz, Stephan ^a   Grainger, Munira ^a   Howell, Steven ^a   Calder, Lesley J ^a   Gaeb, Martina ^a   Pinder, Jennifer C ^b   Holder, Anthony A ^a   Veigel, Claudia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin; Apicomplexa; Merozoites; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerisation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLYCYLGLUTAMIC ACID ACTIN; ACTIN; ACTIN ANTIBODY; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; HISTIDINE; MONOMER; MYOSIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRIFUGATION; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEROZOITE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; QUANTUM YIELD; RABBIT; SEDIMENTATION; VELOCITY;

APICOMPLEXA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 18144412735     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.056     Document Type: Article

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