Genetic crosses and complementation reveal essential functions for the Plasmodium stage-specific actin2 in sporogonic development

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 751-767

  Andreadaki, Maria ^a,b   Morgan, Rhiannon N ^a,b   Deligianni, Elena ^a   Kooij, Taco W A ^c   Santos, Jorge M ^d   Spanos, Lefteris ^a   Matuschewski, Kai ^c   Louis, Christos ^a,b   Mair, Gunnar R ^d   Siden Kiamos, Inga ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN1; ACTIN2; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CROSS; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OPEN READING FRAME; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; CULICIDAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 84898549530     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12274     Document Type: Article

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