An orphan kinesin controls trypanosome morphology transitions by targeting FLAM3 to the flagellum

Tai An; Ziyin Li

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007101

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An orphan kinesin controls trypanosome morphology transitions by targeting FLAM3 to the flagellum

Tai An,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Ziyin Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Ziyin.Li@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-9716

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An orphan kinesin controls trypanosome morphology transitions by targeting FLAM3 to the flagellum

Tai An,
Ziyin Li

Published: May 29, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007101

About the Authors

Tai An

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

Ziyin Li

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Ziyin.Li@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-9716

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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