Recombinant falcipain-2 cleaves erythrocyte membrane ankyrin and protein 4.1

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 95-99

  Dua, Meenakshi ^a   Raphael, Primrose ^a   Sijwali, Puran S ^b   Rosenthal, Philip J ^b   Hanspal, Manjit ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankyrin; Falcipain 2; Plasmodium falciparum; Protein 4.1

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT FALCIPAIN 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALARIA; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANKYRINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0034895595     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00306-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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