N-terminal positively charged amino acids, but not their exact position, are important for apicoplast transit peptide fidelity in Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-200

  Tonkin, Christopher J ^a   Roos, David S ^b   McFadden, Geoffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Apicoplast; Endoplasmic reticulum; Parasitophorous vacuole; Protein targeting; Toxoplasma gondii; Transit peptide

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, BASIC; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDES; PLASTIDS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33750622297     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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