TgVTC2 is involved in polyphosphate accumulation in Toxoplasma gondii

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-126

  Rooney, Peggy J ^a   Ayong, Lawrence ^b   Tobin, Crystal M ^a   Moreno, Silvia N J ^b   Knoll, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FIKK kinase; Polyphosphate; Q PCR; SPX; Toxoplasma; VTC

Indexed keywords

POLYPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TGVTC2 GENE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WILD TYPE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UP-REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79951672428     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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