Identification of hemoglobin degradation products in Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Kamchonwongpaisan, S ^a,b   Samoff, E ^a,c   Meshnick, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Cysteine proteinase; Hemoglobinase; Malaria; Mass spectrometry; N terminal sequencing

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPSTATINS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030910898     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)02855-7     Document Type: Article

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