Isolation and characterization of an eIF-4A homologue from Plasmodium cynomolgi

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 79-83

  Tuteja, Renu ^a   Malhotra, Pawan ^a   Song, Ping ^a   Tuteja, Narendra ^a   Chauhan, Virander Singh ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

DNA helicase; Malaria; Plasmodium cynomolgi; Unwinding activity

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CODON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SCHIZONT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TROPHOZOITE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA HELICASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PLASMODIUM CYNOMOLGI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037057094     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00205-0     Document Type: Article

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