The Toxoplasma kinase ROP18: An active member of a degenerate family

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 0135-0137

  Sinai, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; ROP18 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; ROP 2 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

APICOMPLEXA; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENOME; HOST; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FAMILY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33847297502     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0030016     Document Type: Note

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