TgICMAP1 is a novel microtubule binding protein in Toxoplasma gondii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Heaslip, Aoife T ^a   Ems McClung, Stephanie C ^a   Hu, Ke ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TOXOPLASMA;

CONOIDEA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN;

EID: 70350726441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007406     Document Type: Article

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