Arp1, an actin-related protein, in Plasmodium berghei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-96

  Siden Kiamos, Inga ^a   Schüler, Herwig ^b   Liakopoulos, Dimitris ^c   Louis, Christos ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynactin; Malaria; Ookinete; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN; ACTIN; ARP1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 77954731587     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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