Characterization of a novel thrombospondin-related protein in Toxoplasma gondii

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Kawase, Osamu ^a   Nishikawa, Yoshifumi ^a   Bannai, Hiroshi ^a   Igarashi, Makoto ^a   Matsuo, Tomohide ^b   Xuan, Xuenan ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ dependent secretion; Microneme protein; Secreted protein with an altered thrombospondin repeat; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; SAPONIN; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THROMBOSPONDINS; TOXOPLASMA;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77951620324     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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