Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, and P. malariae: A comparison of the active site properties of plasmepsins cloned and expressed from three different species of the malaria parasite

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-193

  Westling, Jennifer ^a   Yowell, Charles A ^b   Majer, Pavel ^c   Erickson, John W ^c   Dame, John B ^b   Dunn, Ben M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0031282557     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1997.4225     Document Type: Article

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