Molecular cloning and characterization of mitogen-activated protein kinase 2 in Trypanosoma cruzi

Cell Cycle

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2960-2968

  Bao, Yi ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a   Ma, Yan Fen ^a   Lisanti, Michael P ^c,d   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^a   Das, Bhaskar C ^b   Zheng, Renjian ^a   Huang, Huan ^a  

^a Department of Pathology and Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mitogen activated protein kinase; Phosphorylation; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; EPIMASTIGOTE; FLAGELLUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77956790557     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.14.12372     Document Type: Article

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