GCN2-like eIF2α kinase manages the amino acid starvation response in Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-146

  Konrad, Christian ^a   Wek, Ronald C ^a   Sullivan, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; EIF2 kinase; Glutamine; Parasite; Stress; Translational control

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GCN2 LIKE EIF2A KINASE C; GCN2 LIKE EIF2A KINASE D; GLUTAMINE; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; DNA; NUTRIENT; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; PROTIST; STARVATION;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

APICOMPLEXA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

APICOMPLEXA; EIF2Α KINASE; GLUTAMINE; PARASITE; STRESS; TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL;

AMINO ACIDS; CYTOSOL; EIF-2 KINASE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORYLATION; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84892555028     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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