MAP kinase kinase 1 (MKK1) is essential for transmission of Trypanosoma brucei by Glossina morsitans

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-76

  Morand, Sabine ^a   Renggli, Christina Kunz ^b   Roditi, Isabel ^a   Vassella, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyclical transmission; Differentiation; Epimastigote; Proventricular forms; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPTERA; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOSSINIDAE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALIVARY GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE VECTORS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTESTINES; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MICE; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

GLOSSINA MORSITANS; MUS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84868456871     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: 18729428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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