Plasmodium falciparum protein kinase 5 and the malarial nuclear division cycles

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-49

  Graeser, Ralph ^a   Wernli, Barbara ^a   Franklin, Richard M ^a   Kappes, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cdk; Malaria; Nuclear division cycle; PfPK5; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPIRIDOL; OLOMOUCINE; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030581694     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02716-8     Document Type: Article

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