Protein prenyl transferase activities of Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-184

  Chakrabarti, Debopam ^a   Azam, Tania ^a   Delvecchio, Cherie ^a   Qiu, Libo ^a   Park, Yong Il ^b   Allen, Charles M ^b  

^a Microbiol Ctr Diagnostics Drug D   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Farnesyl transferase; Geranylgeranyl transferase; Plasmodium falciparum; Protein prenylation; Schizont; Trophozoite

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; L 745631; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOZOITE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTES; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION;

MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032145868     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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