Distinct cytoskeletal modulation and regulation of G1- S transition in the two life stages of Trypanosoma brucei

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4353-4364

  Tu, Xiaoming ^a   Mancuso, Joel ^b   Cande, W Zacheus ^b   Wang, Ching C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; CRK; Cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

CRK LIKE PROTEIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLINS; CYTOSKELETON; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYES; G1 PHASE; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACROLIDES; MICROTUBULES; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; S PHASE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 27644552765     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02567     Document Type: Article

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