A Repetitive Protein Essential for the Flagellum Attachment Zone Filament Structure and Function in Trypanosoma brucei

Protist

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-136

  Vaughan, Sue ^a   Kohl, Linda ^a   Ngai, Ian ^a   Wheeler, Richard J ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cytokinesis; cytoskeleton; FAZ; flagellum; flagellum attachment zone filament; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 36749050931     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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