The armadillo repeat protein PF16 is essential for flagellar structure and function in Plasmodium male gametes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Straschil, Ursula ^a,b   Talman, Arthur M ^b   Ferguson, David J P ^c   Bunting, Karen A ^a   Xu, Zhengyao ^a   Bailes, Elizabeth ^a   Sinden, Robert E ^b   Holder, Anthony A ^d   Smith, Elizabeth F ^e   Coates, Juliet C ^f   Tewari, Rita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e Dartmouth College   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN PF16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; PF16 PROTEIN, PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GAMETE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GREEN ALGA; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FERTILITY; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ARMADILLO; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MUS; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; FERTILITY; FLAGELLA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 77958593097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012901     Document Type: Article

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