The structure of malaria pigment β-haematin

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6775, 2000, Pages 307-310

  Pagola, Silvina ^a   Stephens, Peter W ^a   Bohle, D Scott ^b   Kosar, Andrew D ^b   Madsen, Sara K ^b,c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEMEPROTEINS; MALARIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY; SYNCHROTRONS;

PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 0034673656     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35005132     Document Type: Article

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