Intraflagellar transport and functional analysis of genes required for flagellum formation in trypanosomes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 929-944

  Absalon, Sabrina ^a   Blisnick, Thierry ^a   Kohl, Linda ^a,b   Toutirais, Géraldine ^a   Doré, Gwénola ^a   Julkowska, Daria ^a   Tavenet, Arounie ^a   Bastin, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN IFT; PROTEIN PIFT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; FLAGELLA; GENE SILENCING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 41649095182     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E07-08-0749     Document Type: Article

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