Trafficking of plasmepsin II to the food vacuole of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-56

  Klemba, Michael ^a   Beatty, Wandy ^a   Gluzman, Ilya ^a   Goldberg, Daniel E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brefeldin A; Endoplasmic reticulum; Hemoglobin; Protease; Protein trafficking

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMEPSIN II;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHIMERA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMOGLOBINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VACUOLES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0347122968     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb200307147     Document Type: Article

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