Septins of Platyhelminths: identification, phylogeny, expression and localization among developmental stages of Schistosoma mansoni.

• Main Authors: Ana E Zeraik (Author), Gabriel Rinaldi (Author), Victoria H Mann (Author), Anastas Popratiloff (Author), Ana P U Araujo (Author), Ricardo Demarco (Author), Paul J Brindley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Septins are a family of eukaryotic GTP binding proteins conserved from yeasts to humans. Originally identified in mutants of budding yeast, septins participate in diverse cellular functions including cytokinesis, organization of actin networks, cell polarity, vesicle trafficking and many others. Sep...