Functional studies of an evolutionary conserved, cytochrome b5 domain protein reveal a specific role in axonemal organisation and the general phenomenon of post-division axonemal growth in trypanosomes

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-35

  Fair, Helen ^a   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central pair; Flagellum; RNAi; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B5; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA; TRYPANOSOME AXONEMAL 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONEME; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROMES B5; CYTOKINESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 58149354852     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20322     Document Type: Article

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