The acidocalcisome vacuolar transporter chaperone 4 catalyzes the synthesis of polyphosphate in insect-stages of Trypanosoma brucei and T. cruzi

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-165

  Ulrich, Paul N ^a,b   Lander, Noelia ^a   Kurup, Samarchith P ^a   Reiss, Laura ^a   Brewer, Jessica ^a   Soares Medeiros, Lia C ^c   Miranda, Kildare ^c   Docampo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

calcium; epimastigotes; procyclic forms

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; INSECT; PARASITE; POLYMER; PROTOZOAN; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

12 DEHYDRO 6ALPHA SENECIOYLOXYCHAPARRIN; 12-DEHYDRO-6ALPHA-SENECIOYLOXYCHAPARRIN; CALCIUM; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE; QUASSINOID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIMASTIGOTES; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCYCLIC FORMS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CALCIUM; EPIMASTIGOTES; PROCYCLIC FORMS;

MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; QUASSINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VACUOLES;

EID: 84896393163     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12093     Document Type: Article

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