The Trypanosome Exocyst: A Conserved Structure Revealing a New Role in Endocytosis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Boehm, Cordula M ^a   Obado, Samson ^b   Gadelha, Catarina ^c   Kaupisch, Alexandra ^d   Manna, Paul T ^a   Gould, Gwyn W ^d   Munson, Mary ^e   Chait, Brian T ^b   Rout, Michael P ^b   Field, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; EXOCYST; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEOME; TRANSFERRIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOMICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL MEMBRANE; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 85010977077     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006063     Document Type: Article

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