Identification of glycosaminoglycan binding domains in Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 of a chondroitin sulfate A-adherent parasite

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3923-3926

  Reeder, John C ^a,c   Hodder, Anthony N ^a   Beeson, James G ^a   Brown, Graham V ^b  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL ADHESION; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0033932491     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.3923-3926.2000     Document Type: Article

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