Nifs and Sufs in malaria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 973-981

  Ellis, K E S ^a   Clough, B ^a   Saldanha, J W ^a   Wilson, R J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SUFA PROTEIN; SUFB PROTEIN; SUFC PROTEIN; SUFD PROTEIN; SUFE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; IRON METABOLISM; MALARIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NIFS GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUFS GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PLASMODIUM; PLASTIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035788628     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02588.x     Document Type: Article

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