Cold shock and regulation of surface protein trafficking convey sensitization to inducers of stage differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2798-2811

  Engstler, Markus ^a   Boshart, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

GPI anchor; Post transcriptional; Procyclin; Protein sorting; Thermoregulation; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

ACONITIC ACID; CITRIC ACID; CYCLINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; INVERTEBRATE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TSETSE FLY; VERTEBRATE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACONITIC ACID; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHELATING AGENTS; CITRIC ACID; COLD; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SHOCK; TEMPERATURE SENSE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEINS, TRYPANOSOMA;

GLOSSINA (PROPER); INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8644219648     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.323404     Document Type: Article

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