Role of proteases in host cell invasion by Toxoplasma gondii and other Apicomplexa

Acta Tropica

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-81

  Kim, Kami ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Invasion; Malaria; Microneme; Plasmodium falciparum; Protease; Proteinase; Rhoptry; Subtilase; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

PARASITIC DISEASE;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; EUKARYOTE; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PATHOGENESIS; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 2442709992     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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