Characterization and cloning of the gene encoding the vacuolar membrane protein EXP-2 from Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Fischer, Katja ^a   Marti, Thomas ^b   Rick, Barbara ^b   Johnson, Delia ^b   Benting, Jürgen ^b,d   Baumeister, Stefan ^c   Helmbrecht, Claudia ^c   Lanzer, Michael ^a   Lingelbach, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspartate rich protein; Chromosomal localization; Exported protein; Membrane protein; Parasitophorous vacuole; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME 14; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACUOLES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032054186     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(97)00224-7     Document Type: Article

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