Transglutaminase in Plasmodium parasites: Activity and putative role in oocysts and blood stages

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-168

  Adini, Avner ^a   Krugliak, Miriam ^a   Ginsburg, Hagai ^a   Li, Lili ^a   Lavie, Lena ^b   Warburg, Alon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcium independent activity; Fluorescein cadaverine; Plasmodium; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

5 (BIOTINAMIDO)PENTYLAMINE; ALPHA TRANSGLUMINASE ANTISERUM; CADAVERINE; CALCIUM ION; CHLOROQUINE; CYSTAMINE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; IODOACETAMIDE; PENTYLAMINE; POLYAMINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIFE CYCLE; MIDGUT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; TROPHOZOITE; ZYGOTE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM GALLINACEUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 0034788583     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00345-0     Document Type: Article

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