Characterization of a novel organelle in Toxoplasma gondii with similar composition and function to the plant vacuole

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1358-1375

  Miranda, Kildare ^a,b   Pace, Douglas A ^a   Cintron, Roxana ^a   Rodrigues, Juliany C F ^a,b   Fang, Jianmin ^a   Smith, Alyssa ^a   Rohloff, Peter ^a   Coelho, Elvis ^b   De Haas, Felix ^c   De Souza, Wanderley ^b   Coppens, Isabelle ^d   Sibley, L David ^e   Moreno, Silvia N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CALCIUM ION; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE; PROTON; RAB7 PROTEIN; SODIUM ION; TGAQP1 PROTEIN; TGCPL PROTEIN; TGVP1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIPORTER; CALCIUM; PROTON PUMP; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ION EXCHANGE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT STRESS; SODIUM TRANSPORT; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APICOMPLEXA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANTIPORTERS; CALCIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCYTOSIS; MICROSCOPY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANTS; PROTON PUMPS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SODIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOXOPLASMA; VACUOLES;

EID: 77953484215     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07165.x     Document Type: Article

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