Synthetic peptides corresponding to a repetitive sequence of malarial histidine rich protein bind haem and inhibit haemozoin formation in vitro

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Pandey, Amit V ^a   Joshi, Ratanmani ^b   Tekwani, Babu L ^a   Singh, Ram L ^c   Chauhan, Virender S ^b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

^c DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Haem; Haemoglobin; Haemozoin; Histidine rich protein; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOZOIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHLOROQUINE; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMODIUM; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031469955     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00161-8     Document Type: Article

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