The activation mechanism of Irga6, an interferon-inducible GTPase contributing to mouse resistance against Toxoplasma gondii

BMC Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pawlowski, Nikolaus ^a   Khaminets, Aliaksandr ^a,c   Hunn, Julia P ^a   Papic, Natasa ^a,d   Schmidt, Andreas ^a,e   Uthaiah, Revathy C ^a,f   Lange, Rita ^a   Vopper, Gabriela ^a   Martens, Sascha ^a,g   Wolf, Eva ^b,h   Howard, Jonathan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d CRUCELL HOLLAND BV   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

CELL RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IIGP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL VACUOLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; TOXOPLASMA; VACUOLES;

EID: 79251583145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-7     Document Type: Article

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