The flagella connector of Trypanosoma brucei: An unusual mobile transmembrane junction

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1641-1651

  Briggs, Laura J ^a   McKean, Paul G ^b   Baines, Andrea ^a   Moreira Leite, Flavia ^a,c   Davidge, Jacqueline ^a   Vaughan, Sue ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell junction; Cytotaxis; Flagella connector; Flagellum; Morphogenesis; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL DENSITY; CELL ELONGATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CYTOKINESIS; FLAGELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 2342442168     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00995     Document Type: Article

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