A MORN-repeat protein is a dynamic component of the Toxoplasma gondii cell division apparatus

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2236-2245

  Gubbels, Marc Jan ^a,c   Vaishnava, Shipra ^a   Boot, Nico ^a,d   Dubremetz, Jean François ^b   Striepen, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cell division; Inner membrane complex; MORN; Parasite; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; MEMBRANE OCCUPATION AND RECOGNITION NEXUS PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL BUDDING; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DAUGHTER CELL; EXTRACTION; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DINITROBENZENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SULFANILAMIDES; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33745480357     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02949     Document Type: Article

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