The Toxoplasma gondii Plastid replication and Repair Enzyme Complex, PREX

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 747-755

  Mukhopadhyay, A ^a   Chen, C Y ^b   Doerig, C ^c,d   Henriquez, F L ^e   Roberts, C W ^e   Barrett, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; DNA helicase; DNA polymerase; DNA primase; DNA replication; Exon; Intron; Plasmodium falciparum; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PLASTID REPLICATION AND REPAIR ENZYME COMPLEX; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA PRIMASE; HELICASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; DNA SPLICING; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; DNA HELICASES; DNA PRIMASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EXONS; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PLASTIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 67651149691     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006027     Document Type: Article

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