Plasmodium male development gene-1 (mdv-1) is important for female sexual development and identifies a polarised plasma membrane during zygote development

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 755-761

  Lal, Kalpana ^a   Delves, Michael J ^a   Bromley, Elizabeth ^b   Wastling, Jonathan M ^c   Tomley, Fiona M ^b   Sinden, Robert E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gametes; Gametocytes; Ookinete; Sexual development; Zygote

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MDV 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GAMETE; GROWTH; IMMUNOASSAY; MOSQUITO; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DELETION; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEOME; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 63449129876     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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