Characterisation of the Cdc2-related kinase 2 gene from Plasmodium knowlesi and P. berghei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-240

  Vinkenoog, Rinke ^a   Sperança, Márcia Aparecida ^a,b   Ramesar, Jai ^a   Thomas, Alan W ^c   Del Portillo, Hernando A ^b   Janse, Chris J ^a   Waters, Andrew P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cdc2; Cell cycle; Kinase; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI;

EID: 0032531357     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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