Cyclic AMP regulates social behavior in african trypanosomes

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Oberholzer, Michael ^a   Saada, Edwin A ^a   Hill, Kent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RNA; CYCLIC AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PDEB1 PROTEIN, TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLAGELLUM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WILD TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

3',5'-CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYCLIC AMP; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; LOCOMOTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84936937353     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01954-14     Document Type: Article

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