Molecular characterization of toxoplasma gondii formin 3, an actin nucleator dispensable for tachyzoite growth and motility

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-352

  Daher, Wassim ^a,c   Klages, Natacha ^a   Carlier, Marie France ^b   Soldati Favre, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RABBIT; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE SILENCING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; TOXOPLASMA;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84857702296     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05192-11     Document Type: Article

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