Functional identification of α1-giardin as an annexin of Giardia lamblia

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Bauer, Bettina ^a   Engelbrecht, Siegfried ^a   Bakker Grunwald, Tilly ^a   Scholze, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annexin; Calcium binding; Giardia lamblia; Giardin; Phospholipid binding

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 GIARDIN; ANNEXIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANNEXINS; CALCIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0033031940     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00064-6     Document Type: Article

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