Characterization of proteases involved in the processing of Plasmodium falciparum serine repeat antigen (SERA)

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-186

  Li, Jie ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroyuki ^b   Mitamura, Toshihide ^a   Horii, Toshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Plasmodium falciparum; Protease; Protein processing; Schizont rupture; SERA

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; DYFLOS; IODOACETAMIDE; LEUPEPTIN; MALARIA VACCINE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; PROTEINASE; SERA REPEAT ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; TONOPLAST;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POTATO VIRUS M; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0037046096     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(01)00452-2     Document Type: Article

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