Flagellar motility contributes to cytokinesis in Trypanosoma brucei and is modulated by an evolutionarily conserved dynein regulatory system

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 696-711

  Ralston, Katherine S ^a   Lerner, Alana G ^a   Diener, Dennis R ^b   Hill, Kent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE TRIGGERING FACTOR, TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CYTOKINESIS; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOKINESIS; DYNEIN ATPASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 33646272170     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.5.4.696-711.2006     Document Type: Article

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