The putative γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase from Plasmodium falciparum contains large insertions and a variable tandem repeat

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-142

  Lüersen, Kai ^a   Walter, Rolf D ^a   Müller, Sylke ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteine synthetase; Glutathione synthesis; Plasmodium falciparum; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0040115912     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(98)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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