Glutamate dehydrogenase, the marker protein of Plasmodium falciparum cloning, expression and characterization of the malarial enzyme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 813-819

  Wagner, Jan T ^a   Lüdemann, Heike ^a   Färber, Petra M ^a   Lottspeich, Friedrich ^b   Krauth Siegel, R Luise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug targets; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Malaria; Molecular cloning; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CHLOROQUINE; DEXTRO GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTARIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME KINETICS; EVOLUTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLOROQUINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032403885     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580813.x     Document Type: Article

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