Sequence, expression and modeled structure of an aspartic proteinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 177-190

  Dame, John B ^a   Reddy, G Roman ^a   Yowell, Charles A ^a   Dunn, Ben M ^a   Kay, John ^b   Berry, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Digestive vacuole; Haemoglobinase; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Recombinant protein

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MEROZOITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMAN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0028287766     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(94)90024-8     Document Type: Article

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