Babesia bovis: A bipartite signal directs the glutamyl-tRNA synthetase to the apicoplast

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Pedroni, Monica J ^a   Luu, Tracy N K ^a   Lau, Audrey O T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicoplast; Babesia bovis; Glutamyl tRNA synthetase; Traffic; Transfection

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLTX GENE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BABESIA BOVIS; CATTLE; ELECTROPORATION; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE-TRNA LIGASE; ORGANELLES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861481068     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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