Evolution and architecture of the inner membrane complex in asexual and sexual stages of the malaria parasite

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2113-2132

  Kono, Maya ^a   Herrmann, Susann ^b   Loughran, Noeleen B ^c,d   Cabrera, Ana ^b   Engelberg, Klemens ^a   Lehmann, Christine ^a   Sinha, Dipto ^a   Prinz, Boris ^a   Ruch, Ulrike ^a   Heussler, Volker ^a,e   Spielmann, Tobias ^a   Parkinson, John ^c,d   Gilberger, Tim W ^a,b,f  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alveolata; Apicomplexa; biogenesis; cytoskeleton; evolution; gametocytogenesis; inner membrane complex

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLATA; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CENTROMERE; EVOLUTION; GAMETOCYTE; GENUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALVEOLATA; APICOMPLEXA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 84863084161     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss081     Document Type: Article

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