Intervacuolar transport and unique topology of GRA14, a novel dense granule protein in Toxoplasma gondii

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4865-4875

  Rome, Michael E ^a   Beck, Josh R ^a   Turetzky, Jay M ^a   Webster, Paul ^b   Bradley, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN GRA14; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE DISRUPTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FIBROBLASTS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VACUOLES;

EID: 55849084997     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00782-08     Document Type: Article

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