PfSUB-2: A second subtilisin-like protein in Plasmodium falciparum merozoites

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-195

  Hackett, Fiona ^a   Sajid, Mohammed ^a   Withers Martinez, Chrislaine ^a   Grainger, Muni ^a   Blackman, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malaria; Merozoite; Post translational processing; Protease; Subtilisin

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN; PROTEIN PFSUB 2; PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL POLARITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 0032887161     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00122-X     Document Type: Article

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