Solution structure of an EGF module pair from the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-122

  Morgan, William D ^b   Birdsall, Berry ^b   Frenkiel, Thomas A ^b   Gradwell, Michael G ^b   Burghaus, Petra A ^a   Syed, Shabih E H ^a   Uthaipibull, Chairat ^a   Holder, Anthony A ^a   Feeney, James ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

EGF modules; Merozoite surface protein; MSP 1; P. falciparum; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON 13; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITROGEN 15; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEROZOITE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; YEAST;

EID: 0033612307     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2753     Document Type: Article

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