Babesia divergens and Neospora caninum apical membrane antigen 1 structures reveal selectivity and plasticity in apicomplexan parasite host cell invasion

Protein Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 114-127

  Tonkin, Michelle L ^a   Crawford, Joanna ^a   Lebrun, Maryse L ^b   Boulanger, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Babesiosis; Moving junction; Neosporosis; Parasite invasion; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RHOPTRY NECK PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; HOST CELL; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ERYTHROCYTES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEOSPORA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84873051813     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2193     Document Type: Article

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