Identification of rhoptry trafficking determinants and evidence for a novel sorting mechanism in the malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Richard, Dave ^a   Kats, Lev M ^b   Langer, Christine ^a   Black, Casilda G ^b   Mitri, Khosse ^b   Boddey, Justin A ^a   Cowman, Alan F ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAMA; PROTEINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; HYBRID PROTEIN; RHOPTRY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SELECTION; GENE MUTATION; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; ORGANELLES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 63449134429     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000328     Document Type: Article

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