Sialic acids: Key determinants for invasion by the Apicomplexa

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1145-1154

  Friedrich, Nikolas ^a   Matthews, Stephen ^b   Soldati Favre, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Glycans; Invasion; Microneme; Plasmodium falciparum; Receptor; Sialic acid; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; GLYCOPHORIN; SIALIC ACID;

IMMUNE SYSTEM; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; VERTEBRATE;

APICOMPLEXA; CELL ADHESION; EIMERIA TENELLA; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; EXOCYTOSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INTERNALIZATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIGANDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SIALIC ACIDS; VERTEBRATES;

APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954027975     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.04.007     Document Type: Review

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