Isolation and characterisation of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit gene from Plasmodium falciparum

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-163

  Li, Ji Liang ^a   Cox, Lynne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cAMP dependent protein kinase; Chromosome; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033848543     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00242-5     Document Type: Article

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