Evidence for filamentous actin in ookinetes of a malarial parasite

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-189

  Siden Kiamos, Inga ^a   Louis, Christos ^a,b   Matuschewski, Kai ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Malaria; Motility; Ookinete

Indexed keywords

ACTIN I ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNE SERA; PLASMODIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84856227772     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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