Conservation of key amino acids among the cysteine proteinases of multiple malarial species

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-260

  Rosenthal, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Cysteine proteinase; Malaria; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029870249     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02517-0     Document Type: Article

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