The actin-based machinery of Trichomonas vaginalis mediates flagellate-amoeboid transition and migration across host tissue

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1707-1721

  Kusdian, Gary ^a   Woehle, Christian ^a   Martin, William F ^a   Gould, Sven B ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; FIM1 PROTEIN; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ACTINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84884703066     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12144     Document Type: Article

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