Molecular cloning and characterization of a peroxiredoxin from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-169

  Kawazu, Shin Ichiro ^a   Tsuji, Naotoshi ^b   Hatabu, Toshimitsu ^a   Kawai, Satoru ^c   Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu ^d   Kano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Malaria; Peroxiredoxin; Thioredoxin peroxidase

Indexed keywords

PEROXIREDOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXIDATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXIDASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033844270     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00243-7     Document Type: Article

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