Identification and Analysis of Putative Homologues of Mechanosensitive Channels in Pathogenic Protozoa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Prole, David L ^a   Taylor, Colin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGENERIN SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENETIC CODE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROTOZOON; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ION CHANNELS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878998633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066068     Document Type: Article

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