The microtubule analog protein, FtsZ, in the endosymbiont of trypanosomatid protozoa

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-401

  Motta, Maria Cristina M ^a,b   Picchi, Gisele Fernanda A ^b   Palmié Peixoto, Isabella V ^a   Rocha, Marcia R ^a   De Carvalho, Técia Maria U ^a   Morgado Diaz, Jose ^c   De Souza, Wanderley ^a   Goldenberg, Samuel ^b,d   Fragoso, Stenio P ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Parana   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell division; Cytoskeleton; Endosymbiotic bacterium; ftsz sequence; Immunolabeling; Trypanosomatids; Z ring

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ENDOSYMBIONT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CRITHIDIA; FLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRITHIDIA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCRITHIDIA; BLASTOCRITHIDIA CULICIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA DEANEI; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 3242881021     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00386.x     Document Type: Article

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