Kharon1 Null Mutants of Leishmania mexicana Are Avirulent in Mice and Exhibit a Cytokinesis Defect within Macrophages: e0134432

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 8
• Main Authors: Tran, Khoa D, Vieira, Danielle P, Sanchez, Marco A, Valli, Jessica, Gluenz, Eva, Landfear, Scott M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Leishmania mexicana

In a variety of eukaryotes, flagella play important roles both in motility and as sensory organelles that monitor the extracellular environment. In the parasitic protozoan Leishmania mexicana, one glucose transporter isoform, LmxGT1, is targeted selectively to the flagellar membrane where it appears...