Morphogenesis of Plasmodium zoites is uncoupled from tensile strength

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 552-564

  Tremp, Annie Z ^b   Carter, Victoria ^a,b   Saeed, Sadia ^b   Dessens, Johannes T ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLYCINE AT POSITION 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE; SUBPELLICULAR NETWORK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPOROZOITES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84880835209     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12297     Document Type: Article

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