Cyclic-nucleotide signalling in protozoa

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-541

  Gould, Matthew K ^a   De Koning, Harry P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenylyl cyclase; CAMP; Phosphodiesterase; PKA; PKG; Plasmodium; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BINDING PROTEIN; BYK 54826; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOXYCYCLINE; ESTERASE; GAF PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MELATONIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE A; PHOSPHODIESTERASE ALPHA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE B; PHOSPHODIESTERASE B1; PHOSPHODIESTERASE B2; PHOSPHODIESTERASE C; PHOSPHODIESTERASE D; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; THAPSIGARGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZAPRINAST;

AMASTIGOTE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG POTENCY; EIMERIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLAGELLUM; GAMETOCYTOGENESIS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETOPLASTID LIFE CYCLE STAGE; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTOZOON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; EUKARYOTA; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NUCLEOTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

KINETOPLASTIDA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 79953322829     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00262.x     Document Type: Review

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