Identification of a very large Rab GTPase family in the parasitic protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-235

  Lal, Kalpana ^a,f   Field, Mark C ^b   Carlton, Jane M ^c   Warwicker, Jim ^d   Hirt, Robert P ^a,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Diversity; Evolution; Phylogeny; Rab

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

AMOEBA (GENUS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; HOMO SAPIENS; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 24044440794     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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