Flagellum assembly and function during the Leishmania life cycle

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-479

  Gluenz, Eva ^a   Ginger, Michael L ^b   McKean, Paul G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KATANIN; KINESIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN RP2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; AXONEME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPORT; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT; KINETOPLASTID LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MACROPHAGE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNE EVASION; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACROPHAGES;

EID: 77955429781     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2010.05.008     Document Type: Review

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