Independent Pathways Can Transduce the Life-Cycle Differentiation Signal in Trypanosoma brucei

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Szöor, Balazs ^a   Dyer, Naomi A ^b   Ruberto, Irene ^a   Acosta Serrano, Alvaro ^b   Matthews, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITIC ACID; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CITRIC ACID; EP PROCYCLIN; PHLORETIN; PRONASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLOSSINIDAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 84887293310     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003689     Document Type: Article

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