Calcium binding activity of the epidermal growth factor-like domains of the apicomplexan microneme protein EtMIC4.
Microneme proteins are secreted from apicomplexan parasites during invasion of host cells and they play crucial roles in parasite-host cell adhesion. EtMIC4 is a 240 kDa transmembrane protein from Eimeria tenella that contains 31 tandemly arranged epidermal growth factor (EGF), like repeats within i...
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Format: | Journal article |
Idioma: | English |
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2005
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