Structural similarities among malaria toxins, insulin second messengers, and bacterial endotoxin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3438-3441

  Caro, H N ^a   Sheikh, N A ^a   Taverne, J ^a   Playfair, J H L ^a   Rademacher, T W ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOTOXIN; INSULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SECOND MESSENGER;

EID: 0029765426     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.3438-3441.1996     Document Type: Article

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