Trichomonas vaginalis Pathobiology. New Insights from the Genome Sequence

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2011, Pages 87-140

  Hirt, Robert P ^a   de Miguel, Natalia ^b   Nakjang, Sirintra ^a   Dessi, Daniele ^c   Liu, Yuk Chien ^d,f   Diaz, Nicia ^c   Rappelli, Paola ^c   Acosta Serrano, Alvaro ^e   Fiori, Pier Luigi ^c   Mottram, Jeremy C ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autophagy phagocytosis; Endocytosis multi vesicular bodies; Glycocalyx; Peptidases proteases; Pore forming proteins; Protein kinases; Proteomics; RNAi gene silencing; Signal transduction; Surface proteins

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CATHEPSIN D; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ESCRT PROTEIN; GALECTIN 1; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; LEGUMAIN; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; PORE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHAMNOSE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SUBTILISIN; TETRASPANIN; THREONINE PROTEINASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS BACTEROIDES SURFACE PROTEIN A; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACIDITY; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE TRANSFER; GLYCOCALYX; HEMOLYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEISHMANIA; LYMPHOCYTE; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOGENE; RNA STABILITY; SPERMATOZOON; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UBIQUITINATION; UPREGULATION; VAGINA;

EID: 82555165214     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391429-3.00006-X     Document Type: Chapter

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