Cell Division in Apicomplexan Parasites Is Organized by a Homolog of the Striated Rootlet Fiber of Algal Flagella

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Francia, Maria E ^a   Jordan, Carly N ^a,d   Patel, Jay D ^a   Sheiner, Lilach ^a   Demerly, Jessica L ^a   Fellows, Justin D ^a   de Leon, Jessica Cruz ^b   Morrissette, Naomi S ^b   Dubremetz, Jean François ^c   Striepen, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLIN;

APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CYTOKINESIS; DAUGHTER CELL; FLAGELLUM; GENE DUPLICATION; KINETOSOME; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; EUKARYOTA; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA;

ALGAE; APICOMPLEXA; CONOIDEA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84871680105     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001444     Document Type: Article

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