SPM1 stabilizes subpellicular microtubules in toxoplasma gondii

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-216

  Tran, Johnson Q ^a   Li, Catherine ^a   Chyan, Alice ^a   Chung, Lawton ^a   Morrissette, Naomi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM REPEAT; TOXOPLASMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TOXOPLASMA; TUBULIN;

CONOIDEA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84863077077     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.05161-11     Document Type: Article

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