Flagellar adhesion in Trypanosoma brucei relies on interactions between different skeletal structures in the flagellum and cell body

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 204-215

  Rotureau, Brice ^a   Blisnick, Thierry ^a   Subota, Ines ^a   Julkowska, Daria ^a   Cayet, Nadége ^a   Perrot, Sylvie ^a   Bastin, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Division; FLA1; FLA1BP; Flagellum; Flagellum attachment zone; FLAM3; Morphogenesis; Paraflagellar rod; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN FLA1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN FLAM3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; DIVISION; FLA1; FLA1BP; FLAGELLUM; FLAGELLUM ATTACHMENT ZONE; FLAM3; MORPHOGENESIS; PARAFLAGELLAR ROD; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AXONEME; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84891447369     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.136424     Document Type: Article

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