Toxoplasma gondii dense granule protein 3 (GRA3) is a type I transmembrane protein that possesses a cytoplasmic dilysine (KKXX) endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retrieval motif

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-179

  Henriquez, F L ^a   Nickdel, M B ^a   Mcleod, R ^b   Lyons, R E ^a,e   Lyons, K ^a   Dubremetz, J F ^c   Grigg, M E ^d,f   Samuel, B U ^b   Roberts, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan; Dense granules; Endoplasmic reticulum; Neospora; Parasitophorous vacuole; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

DNA; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; LYSYLLYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII DENSE GRANULE PROTEIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRA3 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DIPEPTIDES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; VACUOLES; VERO CELLS;

NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; POTATO VIRUS M; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 23944465665     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007559     Document Type: Article

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