3D Architecture of the Trypanosoma brucei Flagella Connector, a Mobile Transmembrane Junction

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Höög, Johanna L ^a,b,d   Lacomble, Sylvain ^a   Bouchet Marquis, Cedric ^c   Briggs, Laura ^a   Park, Kristin ^b   Hoenger, Andreas ^b   Gull, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL CYCLE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; FLAGELLA CONNECTOR; FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AXONEME; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84961363069     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004312     Document Type: Article

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