Stress response pathways in protozoan parasites

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2387-2399

  Vonlaufen, Nathalie ^a   Kanzok, Stefan M ^b   Wek, Ronald C ^a   Sullivan Jr , William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 30; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; INITIATION FACTOR 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ACIDOCALCISOME; ANAEROBE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSOME; LIFE CYCLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; PARASITES; PROTOZOA;

APICOMPLEXA; KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 55749110936     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01210.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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