The cloning and expression of Pfacs1, a Plasmodium falciparum fatty acyl coenzyme a synthetase-1 targeted to the host erythrocyte cytoplasm

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-70

  Matesanz, Fuencisla ^a   Durán Chica, Isabel ^a   Alcina, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyl coa synthetase exported enzyme; Baculovirus expression; Immuno labeling; Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocyte

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0344931797     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2964     Document Type: Article

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