ROP18 is a rhoptry kinase controlling the intracellular proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii.

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite for which the discharge of apical organelles named rhoptries is a key event in host cell invasion. Among rhoptry proteins, ROP2, which is the prototype of a large protein family, is translocated in the parasitophorous vacuole membrane during in...

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Main Authors: Hiba El Hajj, Maryse Lebrun, Stefan T Arold, Henri Vial, Gilles Labesse, Jean François Dubremetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1797617?pdf=render