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ReviewInternational journal for parasitology2021

Protein kinases in Toxoplasma gondii.

Rajshekhar Y Gaji, Amanda K Sharp, Anne M Brown

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Review in International journal for parasitology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Therapeutic Antitoxoplasmosis Potential ofJournal of tropical medicine · 2026
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  6. Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  11. DivergentLife science alliance · 2025
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  17. TKL family kinases in human apicomplexan pathogens.Molecular and biochemical parasitology · 2024
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  18. Construction and biological function ofZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024
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  20. Proteomics Applications inPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rajshekhar Y GajiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: rajgaji@vt.edu.
Amanda K SharpInterdisciplinary Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Anne M BrownDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA; University Libraries, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Virginia Tech · US

Funding

American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 18CDA34110251
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular pathogen that causes life threatening illness in immunodeficient individuals, miscarriage in pregnant woman, and blindness in newborn children. Similar to any other eukaryotic cell, protein kinases play critical and essential roles in the Toxoplasma life cycle. Accordingly, many studies have focused on identifying and defining the mechanism of function of these signalling proteins with a long-term goal to develop anti-Toxoplasma therapeutics. In this review, we briefly discuss classification and key components of the catalytic domain which are critical for functioning of kinases, with a focus on domains, families, and groups of kinases within Toxoplasma. More importantly, this article provides a comprehensive, current overview of research on kinase groups in Toxoplasma including the established eukaryotic AGC, CAMK, CK1, CMGC, STE, TKL families and the apicomplexan-specific FIKK, ROPK and WNG family of kinases. This work provides an overview and discusses current knowledge on Toxoplasma kinases including their localization, function, signalling network and role in acute and chronic pathogenesis, with a view towards the future in probing kinases as viable drug targets.

Indexed as

ToxoplasmaAnimalsFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornLife Cycle StagesProtein KinasesProtozoan ProteinsProtein KinasesProtozoan ProteinsApicomplexaParasitePhosphorylationProtein kinaseToxoplasma

Identifiers

PMID33581139
PMCPMC11065138
OpenAlexW3127586435

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