Molecular characterization and expression of an alternate proliferating cell nuclear antigen homologue, PfPCNA2, in Plasmodium falciparum

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 371-376

  Patterson, Shelley ^a   Whittle, Christina ^a   Robert, Claudia ^a   Chakrabarti, Debopam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Malaria; Parasite; PCNA; Plasmodium falciparum; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ERYTHROCYTE; EUKARYOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCHIZONT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRIXIS;

EID: 0036429019     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02436-1     Document Type: Article

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