TcRho1 of Trypanosoma cruzi: Role in metacyclogenesis and cellular localization

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 323, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1009-1016

  De Melo, Luiz Dione B ^a   Nepomuceno Silva, José L ^a   Santa'Anna, Celso ^a   Eisele, Nicole ^a   Ferraro, Rodrigo B ^a   Meyer Fernandes, José R ^a   De Souza, Wanderley ^a   Cunha e Silva, Narcisa L ^a   Lopes, Ulisses Gazos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GTPase; Rho; TcRho1; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

RHO FACTOR; TCRHO1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLUORESCENCE; GOLGI COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 4544232909     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.197     Document Type: Article

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