Aspartic proteases from Plasmodium chabaudi: A rodent model for human malaria

Acta Tropica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Martins, Tiago M ^a   Novo, Carlos ^a,b   Do Rosário, Virgílio E ^b   Domingos, Ana ^a,b  

^a INETI   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspartic protease; Comparative modelling; Plasmodium chabaudi; Plasmodium yoelli

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PLASMEPSIN; PROPLASMEPSIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENZYME;

MALARIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM YOELII; RODENTIA;

EID: 0242493166     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00199-2     Document Type: Article

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