An overview of plasmodium protein kinases

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 449-454

  Kappes, Barbara ^a   Doerig, Christian D ^b   Graeser, Ralph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CASEIN KINASES; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN KINASES;

CHRISTIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033231908     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01527-6     Document Type: Review

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