Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase is active and harbours a unique 26 amino acid tail

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 120-126

  Chan, Maurice ^a   Sim, T S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Isocitrate dehydrogenase (1.1.1.42); Malaria; Plasmodium spp.; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLOROQUINE; COPPER; DNA; EDETIC ACID; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042170301     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00090-0     Document Type: Article

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