The biosynthesis and post-translational modification of Pbs21 an ookinete-surface protein of Plasmodium berghei

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-173

  Alejo Blanco, A Richard ^a   Paez, Andres ^a   Gerold, Peter ^b   Dearsly, A Louise ^a   Margos, Gabriele ^a   Schwarz, Ralph T ^b   Barker, Guy ^a   Rodriguez, Maria C ^a   Sinden, Robert E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen; Baculovirus; Brefeldin A; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Ookinete; Plasmodium berghei

Indexed keywords

BREFELDIN A; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; GAMETOCYTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ACYLATION; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; GAMETOGENESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPODOPTERA;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0032981741     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00162-5     Document Type: Article

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