A putative protein serine/threonine phosphatase from Plasmodium falciparum contains a large N-terminal extension and five unique inserts in the catalytic domain

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-295

  Li, Ji Liang ^a,b,c   Baker, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Gametocyte; Malaria; mRNA; Plasmodium falciparum; Protein serine threonine phosphatase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0032531315     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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