Multiple functionally redundant signals mediate targeting to the apicoplast in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 663-674

  Harb, Omar S ^a   Chatterjee, Bithi ^a,b   Fraunholz, Martin J ^a   Crawford, Michael J ^a   Nishi, Manami ^a   Roos, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; TOXOPLASMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; FIBROBLASTS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 2942631511     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.3.663-674.2004     Document Type: Article

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