No TRAP, no invasion

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-84

  Morahan, Belinda J ^a,b   Wang, Lina ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

APICOMPLEXA; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; HOST CELL; LIVER CELL; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 59349096879     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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