A MAP kinase homologue from the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

Gene

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Doerig, Caroline M ^a   Parzy, Daniel ^b   Langsley, Gordon ^c   Horrocks, Paul ^d   Carter, Richard ^d   Doerig, Christian D ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A, adenosine; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Parasitic protozoans

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE ISOLATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0039278089     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00281-8     Document Type: Article

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