The cytoadherence ligand Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1 (PfEMP1) binds to the P. falciparum Knob-associated Histidine-rich Protein (KAHRP) by electrostatic interactions

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 423-428

  Voigt, Sabine ^a,b   Hanspal, Manjit ^a   LeRoy, Patrick J ^a   Zhao, Pei shan ^a   Oh, S Steven ^a   Chishti, Athar H ^a   Liu, Shih Chun ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

KAHRP; Knob associated Histidine rich Protein; PfEMP1; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte Membrane Protein 1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; KNOB ASSOCIATED HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; ELECTROSTATICS; LIGANDS; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0033737420     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00281-4     Document Type: Article

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