Published in Curr Biol on July 13, 2004
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Functional differences between cyanobacterial DnaK1 chaperones from the halophyte Aphanothece halophytica and the freshwater species Synechococcus elongatus expressed in Escherichia coli. Curr Microbiol (2005) 0.78
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Tropical infectious diseases: metabolic maps and functions of the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast. Nat Rev Microbiol (2004) 3.85
Localization of organellar proteins in Plasmodium falciparum using a novel set of transfection vectors and a new immunofluorescence fixation method. Mol Biochem Parasitol (2004) 3.13
Dynamics of neutrophil migration in lymph nodes during infection. Immunity (2008) 2.70
A dynamin is required for the biogenesis of secretory organelles in Toxoplasma gondii. Curr Biol (2009) 1.77
Dynamics of T cell, antigen-presenting cell, and pathogen interactions during recall responses in the lymph node. Immunity (2009) 1.71
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Genetic evidence that an endosymbiont-derived endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD) system functions in import of apicoplast proteins. J Biol Chem (2009) 1.55
Dynamic imaging of T cell-parasite interactions in the brains of mice chronically infected with Toxoplasma gondii. J Immunol (2009) 1.35
The toxoplasma apicoplast phosphate translocator links cytosolic and apicoplast metabolism and is essential for parasite survival. Cell Host Microbe (2009) 1.34
Properties and prediction of mitochondrial transit peptides from Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Biochem Parasitol (2003) 1.28
TgCDPK3 regulates calcium-dependent egress of Toxoplasma gondii from host cells. PLoS Pathog (2012) 1.27
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Evolution of galactoglycerolipid biosynthetic pathways--from cyanobacteria to primary plastids and from primary to secondary plastids. Prog Lipid Res (2014) 0.94
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Tic22 is an essential chaperone required for protein import into the apicoplast. J Biol Chem (2012) 0.91
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