Autophagy protein Atg3 is essential for maintaining mitochondrial integrity and for normal intracellular development of toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Besteiro, Sébastien ^a   Brooks, Carrie F ^b   Striepen, Boris ^b   Dubremetz, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ATG3 PROTEIN; AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

EID: 84855286487     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002416     Document Type: Article

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