Hemozoin formation in malaria: A two-step process involving histidine-rich proteins and lipids

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 736-743

  Pandey, Amit V ^a,b   Babbarwal, Vinod K ^b   Okoyeh, Jude N ^b   Joshi, Ratan M ^c   Puri, Sunil K ^d   Singh, Ram L ^e   Chauhan, Virander S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIMER; HEME; HEMOZOIN; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; IRON; LIPID; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0043162057     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01465-7     Document Type: Article

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