Succinate dehydrogenase in Plasmodium falciparum mitochondria: Molecular characterization of the SDHA and SDHB genes for the catalytic subunits, the flavoprotein (Fp) and iron-sulfur (Ip) subunits

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-205

  Takeo, Satoru ^a   Kokaze, Akatsuki ^a   Ng, Chong Sing ^a   Mizuchi, Daisuke ^a   Watanabe, Jun ichi ^b   Tanabe, Kazuyuki ^c   Kojima, Somei ^b   Kita, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Plasmodium falciparum; SDHA; SDHB; Succinate dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CATALYSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FLAVOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034656342     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(00)00185-7     Document Type: Article

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