Molecular characterization of the glutathione peroxidase gene of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 237-248

  Gamain, Benoît ^a   Langsley, Gordon ^b   Fourmaux, Marie N ^a   Touzel, Jean P ^c   Camus, Daniel ^a   Dive, Daniel ^a   Slomianny, Christian ^a  

^a Institut National de la Santé   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Gene; Glutathione peroxidase; Malaria; Phylogenetic tree; Plasmodium falciparum; Selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME 13; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0029929731     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(96)02632-1     Document Type: Article

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