Cell Morphogenesis of Trypanosoma brucei Requires the Paralogous, Differentially Expressed Calpain-related Proteins CAP5.5 and CAP5.5V

Protist

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 576-590

  Olego Fernandez, Sofia ^a   Vaughan, Sue ^a   Shaw, Michael K ^a   Gull, Keith ^a   Ginger, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calpain; cytoskeleton; microtubule; procyclic; trypanosome; trypomastigote

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CAP5.5 PROTEIN, TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALPAIN; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; GLOSSINA (GENUS); TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 70349974373     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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