Cloning and sequence analysis of a novel member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) protein gene family from Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-51

  Bozdech, Zbynek ^a   Delling, Ulrike ^a   Volkman, Sarah K ^b   Cowman, Alan F ^c   Schurr, Erwin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABC proteins; GCN20; Plasmodium falciparum; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030592439     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02693-X     Document Type: Article

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