Molecular characterization of a Plasmodium chabaudi erythrocyte membrane-associated protein with glutamate-rich tandem repeats

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 528-534

  Giraldo, Luis E ^a,c   Grab, Dennis J ^a,b,d   Wiser, Mark F ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^d SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Intragenic recombination; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CROSSING OVER; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NON DENATURING GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMER; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTOZOON;

EID: 0032170360     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05112.x     Document Type: Article

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